Matthew 25:5
Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all got sleepy and slept.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4But the wise virgins took containers of oil along with their lamps.
6But at midnight there was a cry, 'Look, the bridegroom! Go out and meet him.'
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1At night on my bed 1 I was longing for him whom my soul loves; 1 I looked for him, but I could not find him. 1
Song of Solomon 5:3“I have taken off my robe; must I put it on again? 1 I have washed my feet; must I get them dirty?” 1
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for a future time and will finally speak and not fail. 1 Though it delays, wait for it. For it will surely come and will not tarry. 1
Matthew 25:19Now after a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
Matthew 26:43He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his return,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink, and to become 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 →