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Question 3

What did Jesus call death?


Bible

John 11:11

"Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep."
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Answer

When Lazarus died, Jesus said that he was sleeping. In this situation, Jesus called death, 'sleep'. Any friend of Jesus who dies is sleeping, awaiting Jesus to call him out of sleep.

In Matthew 9:24 Jesus said that the dead daughter of Jairus was 'sleeping'.

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