John 11:11

New International Reader's Version

After he said this, Jesus went on speaking to them. “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,” he said. “But I am going there to wake him up.”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:31

Gehazi went on ahead. He laid Elisha’s walking stick on the boy’s face. But there wasn’t any sound. The boy didn’t move at all. So Gehazi went back to Elisha. He told him, “The boy hasn’t awakened.”

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, you drove out the people who lived in this land. You drove them out to make room for your people Israel. You gave this land forever to those who belong to the family line of your friend Abraham.

Exodus 33:11

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face like one would speak to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp. But Joshua, his young helper, didn’t leave the tent. Joshua was the son of Nun.

Isaiah 41:8

The Lord says, “People of Israel, you are my servants. Family of Jacob, I have chosen you. You are the children of my friend Abraham.

Daniel 12:2

Many people who lie dead in their graves will wake up. Some will rise up to life that will never end. Others will rise up to shame that will never end.

Matthew 27:52

Tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.

Matthew 9:24

He said, “Go away. The girl is not dead. She is sleeping.” But they laughed at him.

Mark 5:39

He went inside. Then he said to them, “Why all this confusion and sobbing? The child is not dead. She is only sleeping.”

John 11:10

But when they walk at night, they’ll trip and fall. They have no light.”

John 11:12

His disciples replied, “Lord, if he’s sleeping, he will get better.”

John 11:13

Jesus had been speaking about the death of Lazarus. But his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

John 11:3

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

John 3:29

The bride belongs to the groom. The friend who helps the groom waits and listens for him. He is full of joy when he hears the groom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Acts 7:60

Then he fell on his knees. He cried out, “Lord! Don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.

1 Corinthians 15:18

Those who have died believing in Christ are also lost.

1 Corinthians 15:34

You should come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know anything about God. I say this to make you ashamed.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen! I am telling you a mystery. We will not all die. But we will all be changed.

Ephesians 5:14

That is why it is said, “Wake up, sleeper. Rise from the dead. Then Christ will shine on you.”

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “You are going to join the members of your family who have already died. The Israelites will not be faithful to me. They will soon join themselves to the false gods that are worshiped in the land they are entering. The people will desert me. They will break the covenant I made with them.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

Jesus died for us. Some will be alive when he comes. Others will be dead. Either way, we will live together with him.

James 2:23

That is what Scripture means where it says, “Abraham believed God. God accepted Abraham because he believed. So his faith made him right with God.” (Genesis 15:6) And that’s not all. God called Abraham his friend.