Matthew 25:6
But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
Bible in Basic English
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 the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep.
7Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights.
Cross References
Psalms 50:3Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.
Psalms 98:9Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.
Amos 4:12So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.
Matthew 24:31And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 25:1Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.
Mark 13:33Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
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 →