Friday in Easter Week
Click here to join the effort!
Read the Bible
Contemporary English Version
Matthew 25:6
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- AmericanEncyclopedias:
- CondensedDevotionals:
- ChipParallel Translations
“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth, goe ye out to meet him.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
"But at midnight there finally was a shout: 'Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.'
"At midnight someone cried out, ‘The bridegroom is coming! Come and meet him!'
"But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look! The bridegroom [is coming]! Go out to meet him.'
"But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
It was the middle of the night when the cry rang out, ‘The bridegroom is here! Go out to meet him!'
But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
"At midnight someone announced, ‘The bridegroom is coming! Come and meet him!'
And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.
And at midnight there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to greet him.
"It was already midnight when the cry rang out, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come and meet him!'
But in the middle of the night there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
And at midnight, a cry occurred: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go out to meet him.
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
"But at midnight there came a shout: 'The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'Matthew 24:31; 1 Thessalonians 4:16;">[xr]
And in the dividing of the night there was the cry, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go forth to his meeting.
And at midnight there was an outcry: Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym.
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
But at midnight there was a cry, Behold the bridegroom cometh: come ye out to meet him.
But at midnight there is a loud cry, "`The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'
But at mydnyyt a cryy was maad, Lo! the spouse cometh, go ye oute to mete with him.
But at midnight there was a cry, Look, the bridegroom! Come forth to meet him.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'
And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; [fn] go out to meet him!'
"At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!'
"At twelve o'clock in the night there was a loud call, ‘See! The man soon to be married is coming! Go out to meet him!'
But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
And, at midnight, an outcry hath been made - Lo! the bridegroom! Be going forth to meet him!
And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh. Go ye forth to meet him.
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
And even at mydnyght there was a crye made: beholde the brydgrome cometh goo out against him.
and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.
But at mydnight there was a crye made: Beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go youre waye out for to mete him.
and at midnight there was a sudden cry, see the bridegroom comes; go and meet him.
"In the middle of the night someone yelled out, ‘He's here! The bride-groom's here! Go out and greet him!'
In the middle of the night, someone shouted, 'The cowboy is here! Come and say hello.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
at: Matthew 24:44, Mark 13:33-37, Luke 12:20, Luke 12:38-40, Luke 12:46, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3, Revelation 16:15
a cry: Matthew 24:31, John 5:28, John 5:29, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 2 Peter 3:10
Behold: Matthew 25:31, Psalms 50:3-6, Psalms 96:13, Psalms 98:9, 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, Jude 1:14, Jude 1:15
go: Matthew 25:1, Isaiah 25:9, Amos 4:12, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:2, Revelation 19:7-9
Reciprocal: Exodus 11:4 - About Exodus 12:30 - and there was a great cry Joshua 8:3 - by night Judges 7:19 - in the beginning Job 34:20 - troubled Ecclesiastes 8:7 - he knoweth Matthew 13:30 - both Matthew 25:10 - the bridegroom Mark 13:32 - of John 11:20 - as soon
Cross-References
and Sarai gave him Hagar to be his wife. This happened after Abram had lived in the land of Canaan for ten years.
Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar an animal skin full of water and some bread. Then he put the boy on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered around in the desert near Beersheba,
Abraham married Keturah,
and they had six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
God blessed Isaac after this, and Isaac moved to a place called "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."
Ishmael had twelve sons, in this order: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Then Rachel let Jacob marry Bilhah,
When Leah realized she could not have any more children, she let Jacob marry her servant Zilpah,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And at midnight there was a cry made;.... Which is no other than the following notice of the bridegroom's coming, expressed in these words:
behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him: which supposes that then all things will be ready for his coming: all things respecting this world; all the strange and surprising events that were to come to pass, before the coming of Christ, will now be accomplished; an end put to all the monarchies of the earth; and all the preparations in nature, for the burning of the world finished: all things respecting the ungodly of the world: they will have filled up the measure of their iniquities, and finished their persecutions of the saints: and all things respecting the elect of God, they will be all born, and born again; they will have gone through all their sufferings for Christ, and have all their graces tried and perfected; for when the bridegroom comes, he will come to espouse them openly to himself, for which they must be prepared and adorned, and to take them to himself, that they may be for ever with him. It also supposes, that his coming will be very nigh at hand; it was so represented long ago; it is greatly desired by the saints to be quickly; and it will be in a very short time after this notice: and it signifies that there will be some notice given of it, a little before he comes; and that partly for the glory of his majesty; and that his own people, the wise virgins, may be ready; and that the foolish ones may be left without excuse: and this being prefaced with a "behold", shows the certainty of his coming, than which nothing is more certain, and to be depended on; as appears from Enoch's prophecy, and others of the Old Testament; from Christ's own promise; from the testimony of angels: from the words of the apostles; and from the ordinance of the Lord's supper: and also the importance of it; for things of the greatest moment will follow on it; such as the resurrection of the dead, the judgment of the whole world, the complete happiness of the saints, and the destruction of the wicked: and likewise, that it will be wonderful and astonishing; Christ will come in amazing glory, in his own, in his Father's, and in the glory of the holy angels, and of his power and authority, as the judge of quick and dead. And in this notice advice is given to the virgins,
go ye out to meet him; see Song of Solomon 3:11, and may intend either a going forth internally, as the wise virgins did in the exercise of grace, of faith in the coming of Christ, of love of his appearance, and earnest desire after it; or a going forth externally, as all the virgins did in a way of visible profession, taking up and trimming their lamps; or literally and corporeally, as the saints will, that will be found alive at Christ's coming. Now this notice is called "a cry"; and refers not to the voice of Christ in raising the dead, for this will be before the coming of Christ, whereas that will be when he is come; and for the same reason, not to the voice of the archangel, if he can be thought to be distinct from Christ. Some think it regards a secret general impulse, that will be upon the spirits of the people of God, with respect to the bridegroom's coming, but this does not seem to answer to a cry; rather it should intend some remarkable providence, as the earthquake in Revelation 11:13 when a tenth part of the city shall fall, seven thousand men of note be slain, and the rest affrighted; or the sounding of the seventh angel, Revelation 11:15, or, what is most likely, the voice of a great multitude, as of many waters, and of mighty thunderings, declaring, that the marriage of the Lamb was come, and the bride ready,
Revelation 19:6, and will be a very loud one: it will awaken all the virgins, and will be the cry, not of one, but of many; and will be very sudden and surprising, though joyful to the saints: this cry will be made, not by the virgins, for they will be asleep; nor by Christ himself, for he will not be come; nor by the angels, for they will come with him, and not before; rather by the ministers of the Gospel, who are the angels so often spoken of in the book of the Revelations, who sound the trumpets at different times, and on different occasions; who also will sound this trumpet, and give this last and general notice of Christ's coming; who will be all at once apprized of it, and give an universal alarm of it together in all the churches: thus, as the notice of Christ's first coming was made by the prophets, the notice of his second coming will be made by the ministers of the Gospel: and this will be at "midnight": which expresses the state of the church a little before the coming of Christ: it will be a night season with it, a time of darkness both with respect to Gospel light, and the presence of God with his people; a time of coldness and lukewarmness, as to zeal for God, love to his people, and concern for the interest of Christ; a time of drowsiness and sleep, of insensibility and security, of indolence and inactivity: so as the coming of Christ will be later than was first expected; it will be sudden, and at unawares, and like a thief in the night; but whether it will be literally in the night season, as his first coming, is not certain. The Jews expect q, that at the end of the world Moses and Messiah will come in the night, the one from the wilderness, and the other from Rome: and they make frequent mention of God's going into the garden of Eden, or paradise, at midnight, and there rejoicing with good men. It is said r, that R. Eliezer and R. Jose
"were sitting one night, and studying in the law, and about midnight, a man cried (or the cock crowed), bless ye the blessing; says R. Eliezer, now is, the time that the holy, blessed God goes into the garden of Eden, to rejoice with the righteous.''
q Targum Hieros. in Exod xii. 42. r Zohar in Exod. fol. 76. 4. & in Lev. fol. 21. 1. & 23. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
At midnight - Later than was the usual custom, and hence, they had fallen asleep.
A cry made - Of those who were coming with the bridegroom.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 25:6. At midnight there was a cry — The Jewish weddings were generally celebrated in the night; yet they usually began at the rising of the evening star; but in this case there was a more than ordinary delay.
Behold, the bridegroom cometh — What an awful thing to be summoned to appear before the Judge of quick and dead! The following is an affecting relation, and fas est ab hoste doceri. "When Rabbi Jochanan ben Zachai was sick, his disciples came to visit him; and when he saw them he began to weep. They say to him, Rabbi! the light of Israel, the right hand pillar, the strong hammer, wherefore dost thou weep? He answered them, If they were carrying me before a king of flesh and blood, who is here today, and to-morrow in the grave; who, if he were angry with me, his anger would not last for ever: if he put me in prison, his prison would not be everlasting; if he condemned me to death, that death would not be eternal; whom I could soothe with words or bribe with riches; yet even in these circumstances I should weep. But now I am going before the King of kings, the holy and the blessed God, who liveth and endureth for ever and for ever; who, if he be angry with me, his anger will last for ever; if he put me in prison, his bondage will be everlasting; if he condemn me to death, that death will be eternal; whom I cannot soothe with words nor bribe with riches: when, farther, there are before me two ways, the one to hell and the other to paradise, and I know not in which they are carrying me, shall I not weep?" TALMUD Beracoth, fol. 29.
