Then He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, of whom the most remain until now, but some also fell asleep.
Then Jesus said to them, Do not fear. Go tell your brothers that they may go into Galilee, and there they will see Me.
But go, say to the disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee. You will see Him there, even as He told you.
For having served his own generation by the purpose of God, David truly fell asleep and was added to his fathers and saw corruption. 1 Kings. 2:10
And placing the knees, he cried out with a loud voice, Lord, do not make this sin stand against them. And having said this, he fell asleep.
And then the ones that fell asleep in Christ perished.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead ones; He became the firstfruit of the ones having fallen asleep.
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the ones having fallen asleep, that you not grieve, as the rest also, the ones not having hope.
For we say this to you in the Word of the Lord, that we the living who remain to the coming of the Lord will not at all go before the ones having fallen asleep.
and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For from which time the fathers fell asleep, all things remain so from the beginning of creation.