Mark 2:20

But yamim (days) will come when the Choson is taken away from them, and then they will undergo tzomot HaYom HaHu.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

In Context

19And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, said to them, Surely the Bnei HaChuppah of the Choson (Bridegroom) are not able to undergo tzomot as long as they have the Choson with them, nu? As long as they have the Choson with them, they are not able to undergo tzomot.

21No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch will pull away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11Come out, O ye banot Tziyon, 1 and behold Sh'lomo HaMelech 1 with the atarah (crown) wherewith his em crowned him 1 in the Yom Chasunoh (day of his wedding), 1 and in the Yom Simchat Libo (day of the gladness of his heart). + 3:11 See Rv 19:6-10; Ep 5:22-33; Yn 3:29; 2C 11:1-2; Isa 54:5-6; Jer 2:2; Ezek 16:8-14,20-21,32,38; Hos 2:16,18-20 , and here see the Shulamite as a type of the Kehillah of Moshiach and Sh'lomo Ben Dovid a type of Moshiach Ben Dovid the Ro'eh HaTov, the Good Shepherd

Isaiah 62:5For as a bochur marrieth a betulah, 1 so shall thy banim marry thee; 1 and as the choson rejoiceth over the kallah, 1 so shall thy G-d rejoice over thee. 1

Matthew 26:31Then Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, All of you will be offended at me + 26:31 Moshiach during this night, for it has been written, HACH ES HAROEH UTEFUTSEN HATSON + 26:31 Zech 13:7 (Strike the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered).

John 3:29The one having the Kallah (bride) is the Choson (Bridegroom), + 3:29 i.e., Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach but the Shoshvin (the Chosonʼs best man), the one having stood and hearing him with simcha, rejoices because of the kol (voice) of the Choson (Bridegroom). Therefore, this simcha of mine has been made sheleimah (complete).

John 12:8For haAniyim you have always with you, but you do not always have me. + 12:8 Dt 15:11

John 16:7But I tell HaEmes (the truth), it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Melitz Yosher (Praklit, Advocate, Counselor, Helper in Court) will not come to you. But if go, I will send Him (the Ruach Hakodesh) to you.

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:19-28

The Hypocritical Rigour of the Pharisees. 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. 21 No… Read the whole commentary →

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