Mark 5:39
When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”
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- Acts 20:10 : 10 But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said,“Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!”
- 1 Cor 11:30 : 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.
- 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 The Lord Returns for Believers Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
- 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
- Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake– some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
- John 11:11-13 : 11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.” 12 Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 (Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)
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- Luke 8:49-568 verses91%
49While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue leader’s house came and said,“Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”
50But when Jesus heard this, he told him,“Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
51Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.
52Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said,“Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”
53And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.
54But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said,“Child, get up.”
55Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.
56Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.
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38They came to the house of the synagogue leader where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.
- Matt 9:23-253 verses87%
23When Jesus entered the leader’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,
24he said,“Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep!” And they began making fun of him.
25But when the crowd had been forced outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
- Mark 5:40-423 verses84%
40And they began making fun of him. But he forced them all outside, and he took the child’s father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.
41Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her,“Talitha koum,” which means,“Little girl, I say to you, get up.”
42The girl got up at once and began to walk around(she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this.
- Mark 5:34-363 verses81%
34He said to her,“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
35While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house saying,“Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?”
36But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue leader,“Do not be afraid; just believe.”
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18Restoration and Healing As he was saying these things, a leader came, bowed low before him, and said,“My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live.”
- Luke 7:13-153 verses78%
13When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her,“Do not weep.”
14Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said,“Young man, I say to you, get up!”
15So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
- Mark 5:23-242 verses77%
23He asked him urgently,“My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”
24Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.
- John 11:11-144 verses75%
11After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”
12Then the disciples replied,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)
14Then Jesus told them plainly,“Lazarus has died,
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31Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed.
34He asked,“Where have you laid him?” They replied,“Lord, come and see.”
35Jesus wept.
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43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”
44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”
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26It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said,“He is dead!”
27But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up.
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49“Sir,” the official said to him,“come down before my child dies.”
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7But Jesus came and touched them.“Get up,” he said.“Do not be afraid.”
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45When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.
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15Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”
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39Jesus said,“Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied,“Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days.”
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12Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.