Matthew 25:6
And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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
5While the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Cross References
Matthew 24:31And he will send his angels with a trumpet of great voice, and they shall gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 25:1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bride-groom.
Mark 13:33Take heed, watch and pray: for you 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 →