³⁹ And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

¹⁰ And Paul went down and, falling on him, took him in his arms and said, Do not be troubled, for his life is in him.

² And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.

¹¹ These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

¹² Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

¹³ Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.

³⁰ For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

¹³ But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

¹⁴ For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

¹⁰ Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.