Mark 5:39

New American Bible - revised edition

So he went in and said to them, “Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”

Cross References

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; Some to everlasting life, others to reproach and everlasting disgrace.

Matthew 9:24

he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they ridiculed him.

Mark 5:38

When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.

Mark 5:40

And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was.

Acts 20:10

Paul went down, threw himself upon him, and said as he embraced him, “Don’t be alarmed; there is life in him.”

1 Corinthians 11:30

That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live together with him.