John 11:11

New International Version

After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:31

Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?

Exodus 33:11

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Isaiah 41:8

“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham my friend,

Daniel 12:2

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 27:52

and the 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 but asleep.” But they laughed at him.

Mark 5:39

He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”

John 11:10

It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

John 11:12

His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”

John 11:13

Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.

John 11:3

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

John 3:29

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

Acts 7:60

Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:18

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 15:51

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

Ephesians 5:14

This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Deuteronomy 31:16

And the Lord said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

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

James 2:23

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