Matthew 25:5
Now while the bridegroom delayed they all dozed and slept,
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4but the prudent ones took oil in their vessels along with their lamps.
6but at midnight there was a shout: ‘Attention! The bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him.’
Cross References
Matthew 25:19“Then, after a long time, the lord of those servants comes and settles accounts with them.
Matthew 26:43And coming He finds them sleeping again, because their eyes had been weighed down.
Luke 12:45But if that servant should say in his heart, ‘My master won't come for a while,’ and should begin to hit the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get 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 →