English Standard Version
Matthew 25:6
6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
Matthew 25:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
- New International Version (NIV)“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’
- New Living Translation (NLT)“At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!’
Context of Matthew 25:6
4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
Read all of Matthew 25Matthew 25:6 word by word
Μέσης δὲ νυκτὸς κραυγὴ γέγονεν· ἰδοὺ ὁ νυμφίος ἐξέρχεσθε εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- at midnightμέσοςmesos · midstG3319
- at midnightνύξnux · nightG3571
- there wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- a cryκραυγήkraugē · shoutingG2906
- Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- the bridegroomὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the bridegroomνυμφίοςnumphios · bridegroomG3566
- comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- go yeἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
- outεἰςeis · towardG1519
- to meetἀπάντησιςapantēsis · meetingG529
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
Cross-references for Matthew 25:6
- Matthew 24:44Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
- Mark 13:33Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come.
- Luke 12:20But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
- Revelation 16:15("Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!")
- Matthew 24:31And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
- John 5:28Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
- 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
- Matthew 25:31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
- Psalms 50:3Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
- Psalms 96:13before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
- Psalms 98:9before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
- Jude 1:14It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones,
- Matthew 25:1"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Commentaries on Matthew 25:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6At midnight there was a cry - The Jewish weddings were generally celebrated in the night; yet they usually began at the rising of the evening star; but in this case there was a more than ordinary delay. Behold, the bridegroom cometh - What an awful thing to be summoned to appear before the Judge of quick and dead! The following is an affecting relation, and fas est ab hoste doceri. "When Rabbi Jochanan ben Zachai was sick, his disciples came to visit him…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6At midnight - Later than was the usual custom, and hence, they had fallen asleep. A cry made - Of those who were coming with the bridegroom.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The bridegroom arriving at midnight while the bridesmaids slept makes a further point: the second coming of Jesus will be sudden and unexpected (Matthew 14:42–51).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. And at midnight--that is, the time when the Bridegroom will be least expected; for "the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night" (1Th 5:2). there was a cry made, Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him--that is, Be ready to welcome Him.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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