Matthew 25:5
Now the Choson, being delayed, here is what happened: all the alamot became drowsy and were sleeping.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4But the wise took shemen in containers with their menorahs.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1In the nights on my bed 1 I sought him whom my nefesh loveth; 1 I sought him, but I found him not. 1
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my kuttonet (kesones, chiton, robe); 1 how shall I put it on? 1 I have washed my feet; 1 how shall I defile them? 1
Habakkuk 2:3For the chazon is yet for a mo'ed (an appointed time); 1 it speaks of HaKetz (the End), and does not lie; 1 though it tarry, wait for him; + 2:3 Moshiach — see Sanhedrin 97b 1 because he will surely come, and will not tarry. 1
Matthew 25:19And after much time, here comes the Adon of those servants. And he conducts a settling of accounts with them.
Matthew 26:43And having come again, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach found the talmidim sleeping, for their eyes were too heavy to stay open.
Luke 12:45But if that eved says in his lev, Adoni delays to come to me, and if that eved begins to beat the avadim (servants) and the shfakhot (maid servants), and to gluttonize and get down in his schnapps,
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 →