Matthew 25:5
"Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4"but the wise took oil in their flasks with their lamps.
6"But at midnight there arose a cry, "‘Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!’
Cross References
Matthew 25:19"After a long time the master of those slaves came, and demanded a reckoning with them.
Matthew 26:43He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45"But if that slave should say to himself, ‘My master delays his coming,’ and should begin to beat the men and the maids, and to eat and 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 →