From Nave’s Topical Bible
Sleep
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 13Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- From GodPsalms 127:2
- Of the sluggard (very lazy person)Proverbs 6:9Proverbs 6:10
- Of JesusMatthew 8:24Mark 4:38Luke 8:23
- A symbol of deathJob 14:12Matthew 9:24Mark 5:39Luke 8:52John 11:11John 11:121 Thessalonians 4:14
- See Death
The passages, in Bible order (13)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 13 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Job 14:12
so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
Commentary on Job 14:122 voices
Ver. 11, 12. As if the waters fail from the sea, and the river being emptied drieth up: so man lieth down, and riseth not. The mind of man is the sea, and the thoughts of his mind, as it were, a wave of the sea; which sometimes swell in anger, are made calm by grace, and from hatred run out in bitterness; but when man dieth, 'the waters of the sea fail,' in that according to the words of the Psalmist, In that very day his thoughts perish.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII, 604Patristic
So man lieth down,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Psalms 127:2
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Commentary on Psalms 127:21 voice
But what kind of fruit they ought to bring forth is added: "And your fruit should remain." Everything for which we labor according to the present age barely suffices until death. For death intervening cuts off the fruit of our labor. But what is done for eternal life is preserved even after death; and it begins to appear when the fruit of carnal labors has begun to disappear. Therefore, that reward begins where this one ends. Whoever therefore has already come to know eternal things, let temporal fruits become worthless in his soul.
Gregory the Dialogist· Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 27, 604Patristic
- Proverbs 6:9
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Commentary on Proverbs 6:91 voice
How long, sluggard, will you sleep? etc. How long will you sleep in vices when you can rise to do well, you who, weighed down by noxious sloth, always say, "Let me still lie a little, and thus afterward I will rise by repenting"? For …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Commentary on Proverbs 6:101 voice
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,.... Or, "little sleeps, little slumbers" (s).
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Matthew 8:24
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
Commentary on Matthew 8:242 voices
(Verse 24, 25.) But He was sleeping. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, 'Lord, save us, we are perishing!' And Jesus said to them, 'Why are you afraid, you of little faith?' We read the foreshadowing of this sign in Jonah (Jonah 1), when, as the others were in danger, he was secure, and slept, and was awakened; and by the power and mystery of his passion, he saved those who woke him.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
And behold, there arose a great tempest,.... "A great concussion", or "shaking" of the sea; the stormy wind moved the sea, and the waves thereof; and both wind and sea shook the ship, and the men that were in it. Luke calls this tempest a "storm wind", Luk 8:23 and Mark says, it was "a great storm of wind", Mar 4:37 and both use the word "loelaps", which signifies a particular kind of wind, which is suddenly whirled about upwards and downwards; or rather, a conflict of many winds: it seems to be a whirlwind, or hurricane.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Matthew 9:24
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
Commentary on Matthew 9:241 voice
(Vers. 24.) Step back, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping. And they laughed at him. For in God, all things live.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Mark 4:38
But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
Commentary on Mark 4:382 voices
He was wearied, but He is the Rest of them that are weary and heavy laden. He was heavy with sleep, but He walked lightly over the sea. He rebuked the winds, He made Peter light as he began to sink.
Gregory of Nazianzus· Oration 29, On the Son, 390Patristic
(ubi sup.) Or else the ship into which He embarked, is taken to mean the tree of His passion, by which the faithful attain to the security of the safe shore. The other ships which are said to have been with the Lord, signify those, who are imbued with faith in the cross of Christ, and are not beaten about by the whirlwind of tribulation; or who, after the storms of temptation, are enjoying the serenity of peace.
Bede· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 735Patristic
- Mark 5:39
He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
Commentary on Mark 5:391 voice
And what shall I say of the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, at whose death multitudes were weeping and the flute-players piping? For the funeral solemnities were being performed because of the conviction of death. How quickly at the word of the Lord does the spirit return, the reviving body rise up, and food is taken, that the evidence of life may be believed!
Ambrose of Milan· On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus, Book 2, 397Patristic
- Luke 8:23
As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
Commentary on Luke 8:232 voices
We are told above, moreover, that He passed the night in prayer. How then does He here fall asleep in a storm? The security of power is expressed, that while all were afraid, He alone lay fearless; but He lay asleep in the body, while in the mind he was in the mystery of divinity. For nothing happens without the Word.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 397Patristic
But as he sailed he fell asleep,.... On a pillow, in the hinder part of the ship, as in Mar 4:38 and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; see Gill on Mat 8:24. and they were filled; with water: not the disciples, but the ship in which they were; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "their ship was filled with water". The Syriac and Persic versions render it, "the ship was almost sunk", or immersed: and were in jeopardy; of their lives, in the utmost danger, just ready to go to the bottom.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- Luke 8:52
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
Commentary on Luke 8:521 voice
What shall I say about the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, at whose death the people were mourning and the flute players were playing their music? In the belief that she was indeed dead, solemn funeral services were being performed. The spirit returned immediately at the voice of the Lord, she arose with revived body, and she partook of food to furnish proof that she was alive.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Death of Satyrus 2.82, 397Patristic
- John 11:11
After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
Commentary on John 11:111 voice
"A worthy cause draws Me towards Jerusalem;" for so much is signified by the words: Our friend is fallen asleep; "and if we should let it pass neglected, we should incur the reputation of being devoid of compassion. Wherefore we must avoid the disgrace of such conduct, and run to the help of our friend, despising the plots of the Jews."
Cyril of Alexandria· Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 7 (Fragments), 444Patristic
- John 11:12
His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
Commentary on John 11:121 voice
The disciples, wishing to keep Him from traveling there, say: "It is enough if he has fallen asleep; if he has fallen asleep, he will recover; therefore we have no need to go, for there is no necessity." Although the Lord, speaking of Lazarus, added …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on John, 1107Patristic
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 4:142 voices
All men shall rise again, but let no one lose heart, and let not the just grieve at the common lot of rising again, since he awaits the chief fruit of his virtue. All indeed shall rise again, but, as says the apostle, "each in his own order." The fruit of the divine mercy is common to all, but the order of merit differs. The day gives light to all, the sun warms all, the rain fertilizes the possessions of all with genial flowers. We are all born, and we shall all rise again.
Ambrose of Milan· On the Death of Satyrus 2.92-93, 397Patristic
Thus when we have to face the hard and cruel necessity of death, we are upheld by this consolation, that we shall shortly see again those whose absence we now mourn.
Jerome· LETTER 75.1, 420Patristic