Matthew 25:5
Since the bridegroom was delayed, they all fell asleep, and they were sleeping.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4Yet truly, the prudent ones brought the oil, in their containers, with the lamps.
6But in the middle of the night, a cry went out: ‘Behold, the groom is arriving. Go out to meet him.’
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.
Song of Solomon 5:3Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking:
Habakkuk 2:3For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.
Matthew 25:19Yet truly, after a long time, the lord of those servants returned and he settled accounts with them.
Matthew 26:43And again, he went and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that servant will have said in his heart, ‘My Lord has made a delay in his return,’ and if he has begun to strike the men and women servants, and to eat and drink, and to be inebriated,
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 →