John 11:11
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11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus (A)sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
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Daniel 12:2
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2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
(A)Some to everlasting life,
Some to shame (B)and everlasting [a]contempt.
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- Daniel 12:2 Lit. abhorrence
Acts 7:60
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60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (A)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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John 11:13
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13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
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1 Thessalonians 5:10
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10 (A)who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
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1 Thessalonians 4:14-15
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14 For (A)if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him (B)those who [a]sleep in Jesus.
15 For this we say to you (C)by the word of the Lord, that (D)we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are [b]asleep.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Or through Jesus sleep
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15 Dead
Ephesians 5:14
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14 Therefore He says:
(A)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”
1 Corinthians 15:51
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51 Behold, I tell you a [a]mystery: (A)We shall not all sleep, (B)but we shall all be changed—
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- 1 Corinthians 15:51 hidden truth
John 11:43-44
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43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with (A)graveclothes, and (B)his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
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Mark 5:39
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39 When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but (A)sleeping.”
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Matthew 27:52
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52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
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Matthew 9:24
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24 He said to them, (A)“Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him.
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Exodus 33:11
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11 So (A)the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but (B)his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
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James 2:23
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23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, (A)“Abraham believed God, and it was [a]accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called (B)the friend of God.
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- James 2:23 credited
1 Corinthians 15:34
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34 (A)Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; (B)for some do not have the knowledge of God. (C)I speak this to your shame.
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1 Corinthians 15:18
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18 Then also those who have [a]fallen (A)asleep in Christ have perished.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:18 Died
John 15:13-15
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13 (A)Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 (B)You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, (C)for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
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John 11:3
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3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”
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John 5:25-29
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25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (A)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For (B)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (C)life in Himself, 27 and (D)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, (E)because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will (F)hear His voice 29 (G)and come forth—(H)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
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John 3:29
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29 (A)He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but (B)the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
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Isaiah 41:8
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8 “But you, Israel, are My servant,
Jacob whom I have (A)chosen,
The descendants of Abraham My (B)friend.
2 Chronicles 20:7
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7 Are You not (A)our God, who (B)drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham (C)Your friend forever?
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Deuteronomy 31:16
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16 And the Lord said to Moses: “Behold, you will [a]rest with your fathers; and this people will (A)rise and (B)play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will (C)forsake Me and (D)break My covenant which I have made with them.
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- Deuteronomy 31:16 Die and join your ancestors
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