Matthew 25:5
Nowe while the bridegrome taried long, all slumbred and slept.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.
6And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.
Song of Solomon 5:3I haue put off my coate, howe shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, howe shall I defile them?
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the last it shall speake, and not lie: though it tarie, waite: for it shall surely come, and shall not stay.
Matthew 25:19But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.
Matthew 26:43And he came, and founde them a sleepe againe, for their eyes were heauie.
Luke 12:45But if that seruant say in his heart, My master doeth deferre his comming, and ginne to smite the seruants, and maydens, and to eate, and drinke, and to be drunken,
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 →