Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4but the wise took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.
6And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him.
Cross References
Matthew 25:19After a long time, the lord of those servants came and settled with them.
Matthew 26:43And he came and found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming, and shall begin to strike the men-servants and the maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to be drunk;
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 →