:John 11:11–15 should be self-explanatory. Jesus, knowing that earthly death is nothing more than a sleep because the dead will be resurrected, colloquially refers to Lazarus's passing as such, though His disciples initially don't understand the parallel, thinking that He was talking of sleep in a normal sense of rest. The fact that Jesus would make this open comparison is clear that death is a sleep. Hopefully this isn't difficult to understand. | :John 11:11–15 should be self-explanatory. Jesus, knowing that earthly death is nothing more than a sleep because the dead will be resurrected, colloquially refers to Lazarus's passing as such, though His disciples initially don't understand the parallel, thinking that He was talking of sleep in a normal sense of rest. The fact that Jesus would make this open comparison is clear that death is a sleep. Hopefully this isn't difficult to understand. |