When ¹  the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

Then the disciples replied, ¹  “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep ¹  in Christ have also perished.

he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep.” And they began making fun of him. ¹ 

telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole his body ¹  while we were asleep.’

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

After he said this, he added, ¹  “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. ²  But I am going there to awaken him.”

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

He died ¹  for us so that whether we are alert or asleep ²  we will come to life together with him.

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

Now they were all ¹  wailing and mourning ²  for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters ¹  at one time, most of whom are still alive, ²  though some have fallen asleep. ³ 

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that ¹  God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. ² 

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their ¹  condemnation pronounced long ago ²  is not sitting idly by; ³  their ⁴  destruction is not asleep.

and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm ¹  came down on the lake, ²  and the boat ³  started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, ¹  was sinking ²  into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak ³  for a long time. Fast asleep, ⁴  he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  about those who are asleep, ³  so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, ¹  that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.