Matthew 25:5
The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4but the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks.
6But at midnight there is a loud cry, "`The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'
Cross References
Matthew 25:19"After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them.
Matthew 26:43He came and again found them asleep, for they were very tired.
Luke 12:45But if that servant should say in his heart, `My Master is a long time in coming,' and should begin to beat the menservants and the maids, and to eat and drink, drinking even to excess;
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 →