Matthew 25:6
But at midnight there is a loud cry, "`The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
In Context
5The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
7"Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches.
Cross References
Matthew 24:31And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet-blast, and they will bring together His own People to Him from north, south, east and west--from one extremity of the world to the other.
Matthew 25:1"Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 13:33Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.
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 →