Matthew 25:5
But the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and slept.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4and the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom! go ye out to meet him.
Cross References
Matthew 25:19And after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes a reckoning with them.
Matthew 26:43And having come He finds them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that servant may say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming, and may begin to smite the servants and handmaidens, and to eat and drink, and 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 →