Verse 39

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

Referenced Verses

• 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.)