John 11:11

New English Translation

After he said this, he added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:31

Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him, “The child did not wake up.”

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, you drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession to the descendants of your friend Abraham.

Exodus 33:11

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.

Isaiah 41:8

“You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend,

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.

Matthew 27:52

And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.

Matthew 9:24

he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep.” And they began making fun of him.

Mark 5:39

When he entered he said to them, “Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”

John 11:10

But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

John 11:12

Then the disciples replied, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

John 11:13

(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)

John 11:3

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, look, the one you love is sick.”

John 3:29

The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.

Acts 7:60

Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.

1 Corinthians 15:18

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed –

Ephesians 5:14

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

Deuteronomy 31:16

Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.

James 2:23

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.