He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master does; but I have called you friends, for all things that I hear from My Father I make known to you.

And Jehovah spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, and his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tent.

Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham Your friend forever?

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend;

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called, Friend of God.

However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

And Jehovah said to Moses: Behold, you shall rest with your fathers; and this people will rise up and commit adultery with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they are going in to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.

And many of those sleeping in the earth's dust shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting abhorrence.

He said to them, Make room, for the girl has not died, but is sleeping. And they ridiculed Him.

And when He came in, He said to them, Why do you make this commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is sleeping.

And he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed;

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

For this we say to you by the Word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.

who died for us, that whether we watch or sleep, we should live together with Him.

And when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus! Out here! Now!

And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.

Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

and has also given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

and come forth; those who have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

And many of those sleeping in the earth's dust shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting abhorrence.

Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak to your shame.

Therefore He says: Awake, you who sleep, stand forth out from among the dead, and Christ will shine on you.