Matthew 25:5
But as the bridegroom stayed long, they all slumbered and slept.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4but the provident took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
6Then at midnight the cry came, Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go forth to meet him.
Cross References
Matthew 25:19Then after a long absence the master of these servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
Matthew 26:43And coming, he found them asleep again, for their eyes were weighed down.
Luke 12:45But if that servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; and shall begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to get 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 →