Mat 27:52 The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
Mat 28:13 and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
Luk 22:45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow,
Joh 11:11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”
Joh 11:12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
Act 7:60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Act 12:6 Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.
Act 13:36 For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
1Cor 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
1Cor 11:30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
1Cor 15:6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
1Cor 15:18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
1Cor 15:20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1Cor 15:51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Th 4:13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
1Th 4:14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
1Th 4:15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
2Pe 3:4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.”
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