After that, he was seen of above five hundred brothers at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some are fallen asleep.
Then said Jesus to them, Be not afraid: go tell my brothers that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee: there shall you see him, as he said to you.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption:
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept.
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.