Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
John 11:11 - English Standard Version 2016 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said these things, and then added, Our friend Lazarus is at rest and sleeping; but I am going there that I may awaken him out of his sleep. American Standard Version (1901) These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Common English Bible He continued, “Our friend Lazarus is sleeping, but I am going in order to wake him up.” Catholic Public Domain Version He said these things, and after this, he said to them: "Lazarus our friend is sleeping. But I am going, so that I may awaken him from sleep." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These things he said; and after that he said to them: Lazarus our friend sleepeth; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. |
Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend;
And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him.
And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.”
But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.
The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.