Thenfallingon his knees,he criedout with a loudvoice,"Lord,do not holdthissinagainst them!" Having saidthis,he fell asleep.
But at the eveningofferingI arosefrom my humiliation,even with my garmentand my robetorn,and I fellon my kneesand stretchedout my handsto the LORDmy God;
"Manyof those whosleepin the dustof the groundwill awake,theseto everlastinglife,but the othersto disgrace[and] everlastingcontempt.
Now whenDanielknewthat the documentwas signed,he enteredhis house(now in his roofchamberhe had windowsopentowardJerusalem);and he continued kneelingon his kneesthreetimesa day,prayingand givingthanksbeforehis God,as he had been doingpreviously.
The tombswere opened,and manybodiesof the saintswho had fallen asleepwere raised;
"But I sayto you, loveyour enemiesand prayfor thosewho persecuteyou,
And He withdrewfrom them abouta stone'sthrow,and He kneltdownand [began] to pray,
But Jesuswas saying,"Father,forgivethem; for they do not knowwhatthey are doing."And they castlots,dividingup His garmentsamongthemselves.
blessthosewho curseyou, prayfor thosewho mistreatyou.
ThisHe said,and afterthat He saidto them, "Our friendLazarushas fallen asleep;but I go,sothat I may awaken him out of sleep."
"For David,after he had servedthe purposeof Godin his owngeneration,fell asleep,and was laidamonghis fathersand underwentdecay;
When he had saidthese things,he kneltdownand prayedwith them all.
Whenour daysthere were ended,we leftand startedon our journey,while they all,with wivesand children,escortedus until[we were] out of the city.After kneelingdownon the beachand praying,we said farewellto one another.
But Petersentthem allout and kneltdownand prayed,and turningto the body,he said,"Tabitha,arise."And she openedher eyes,and when she sawPeter,she satup.
For thisreasonmanyamongyou are weakand sick,and a numbersleep.
Thenthosealsowho have fallen asleepin Christhave perished.
But nowChristhas been raisedfrom the dead,the first fruitsof thosewho are asleep.
Behold,I tellyou a mystery;we will not allsleep,but we will allbe changed,
Afterthat He appearedto more thanfive hundredbrethrenat one time,mostof whomremainuntilnow,but somehave fallen asleep;
who diedfor us, sothat whetherwe are awakeorasleep,we will livetogetherwith Him.
At my firstdefenseno onesupportedme, but alldesertedme; may it not be countedagainst them.
and saying,"Whereis the promiseof His coming?For [ever] sincethe fathersfell asleep,allcontinuesjustas it was from the beginningof creation."
