Mark 5:39

WEB

³⁹When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”

KJV

³⁹And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

BSB

³⁹He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”

FBV

³⁹He went in and asked them, “Why are you making such a commotion with all this crying? The little girl isn't dead, she's just sleeping.”

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Extra References

Acts 20:10

¹⁰Paul went down and fell upon him, and embracing him said, “Don’t be troubled, for his life is in him.”

1 Thessalonians 5:10

¹⁰who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Daniel 12:2

²Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

1 Corinthians 11:30

³⁰For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

John 11:11-13

¹¹He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”

¹²The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

¹³But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. ¹⁴For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.