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Matthew 25:5
5Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
Matthew 25:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
- New International Version (NIV)The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
- English Standard Version (ESV)As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Context of Matthew 25:5
3They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them; 4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches. Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept. 6But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him. 7Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their torches.
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χρονίζοντος δὲ τοῦ νυμφίου ἐνύσταξαν πᾶσαι καὶ ἐκάθευδον.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 25:5
- Matthew 25:19And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
- Matthew 24:48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
- Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
- Luke 12:45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
- Luke 20:9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.
- Hebrews 10:36For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
- 2 Peter 3:4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep all things remain thus from [the] beginning of [the] creation.
- Revelation 2:25but what ye have hold fast till I shall come.
- Matthew 26:40And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?
- Jonah 1:5And the mariners were afraid, and cried every one unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to be lightened of them. But Jonah had gone down into the lower part of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
- Mark 14:37And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, dost thou sleep? Hast thou not been able to watch one hour?
- Luke 18:8I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?
- Romans 13:11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
- 1 Peter 5:8Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.
Commentaries on Matthew 25:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The bridegroom tarried - The coming of the bridegroom to an individual may imply his death: his coming to the world - the final judgment. The delay - the time from a man's birth till his death, in the first case; in the second, the time from the beginning to the end of the world. Slumbered and slept - Or, Ϛ , they became drowsy and fell asleep. As sleep is frequently used in the sacred writings for death, so drowsiness, which precedes sleep, may be…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The bridegroom tarried - That is, while they waited for him. It was uncertain at what time he would come. He delayed longer than they expected. All slumbered and slept - Waiting until near midnight, they fell into repose. This circumstance is not to be pressed to prove that all Christians will be asleep, or cold and careless, when the Lord Jesus shall come. “Many” may be so, but many, also, will be looking for his coming. This circumstance is designed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Both the prudent and the foolish bridesmaids sleep while waiting. The parable criticizes only the foolish bridesmaids’ failure to bring enough oil.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. While the bridegroom tarried--So in Mt 24:48, "My Lord delayeth His coming"; and so Peter says sublimely of the ascended Saviour, "Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things" (Ac 3:21, and compare Lu 19:11, 12). Christ "tarries," among other reasons, to try the faith and patience of His people. they all slumbered and slept--the wise as well as the foolish. The world "slumbered" signifies, simply, "nodded," or, "became…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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