12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Gen 1:3 · allusion
  "And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."
  Genesis: light from darkness — awake O sleeper and Christ will shine on you

• Hope
• Light and Darkness
• Resurrection

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 22:16 — Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
• 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• 1Thess 5:7 — For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
• 1Tim 5:6 — But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
• 2Cor 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 2Cor 5:15 — And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
• 2Tim 1:10 — But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
• 2Tim 2:26 — And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
• 2Tim 2:26 — And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
• Acts 12:7 — And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
• Acts 13:47 — For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
• Acts 17:12 — Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
• Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
• Col 2:12 — Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
• Col 2:13 — And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
• Col 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
• Eph 2:1 — And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Eph 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
• Eph 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
• Ezek 37:4 — Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
• Gen 1:3 — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
• Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
• Isa 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
• Isa 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
• Isa 35:5 — Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
• Isa 51:17 — Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
• Isa 51:17 — Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
• Isa 52:1 — Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Isa 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
• Job 14:12 — So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
• Job 29:3 — When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
• John 1:4 — In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
• John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
• John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
• John 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 9:5 — As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.