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Matthew 25:5 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Matthew 25:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Matthew chapter 25 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.”
Matthew 25:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept (χρονίζοντος δὲ τοῦ νυμφίου ἐνύσταξαν πᾶσαι καὶ ἐκάθευδον, chronizontos de tou nymphiou enystaxan pasai kai ekhathedon). The bridegroom's delay (χρονίζοντος, chronizontos—'delaying, taking time') caused all ten virgins to drowse (enystaxan—nodding off) and sleep (ekhathedon—falling fully asleep).Crucially, both wise and foolish slept—the difference was not wakefulness but preparedness. Sleep is not condemned here as negligence; rather, it represents natural human limitation during the interim between Christ's ascension and return. The ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Matthew 25:5
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“and it hurries toward the end”
“Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
“as the rest do”
“'My lord is delaying his coming”
“and said to Peter”
“'My lord delays his coming”
“having done the will of God”
“but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”