King James Version
Matthew 25:7 in the King James Version says “Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.”
Matthew 25:7 · KJV
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. gone out: or, going out
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“arose”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“trimmed”
G2885to put in proper order, i.e., decorate (literally or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
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