Matthew 25:6
But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
In Context
5Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
7Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order.
Cross References
Psalms 50:3Our God comes, and does not keep silence. A fire devours before him, and it is very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms 98:9before LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Amos 4:12Therefore thus I will do to thee, O Israel, [and] because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Matthew 24:31And he will send forth his agents with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the boundaries of the heavens--as far as their boundaries.
Matthew 25:1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering.
Mark 13:33Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →