Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
King James Version
In Context
4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Matthew 25:19After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
Matthew 26:43And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, 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 →