Matthew Chapter 25 verse 6 Holy Bible
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
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But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
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But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
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And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
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But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
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and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.
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Matthew 25 : 6 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - At midnight. When sleep is deepest and awaking most unwelcome. The Lord will come "as a thief in the night" (Matthew 24:42-44; 1 Thessalonians 5:2). There was a cry made (γέγονεν, hath been made). The cry comes either from the watchers or from the advancing company. We are told by the apostle (1 Thessalonians 4:16) that "the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God." The suddenness of the event is indicated by the tense of the verb - "there hath been," "there is," a cry. The bridegroom cometh! The best manuscripts omit the verb, which omission makes the expression more graphic. The bridegroom is Christ; he comes now to judge, to punish and reward; and Christians have to meet him, and show how their duties have been performed, and how their personal preparation has been made.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) At midnight.--The hour was obviously later than the virgins had expected, and in this we may see a half-veiled suggestion of a like lateness in the coining of the true Bridegroom. The "cry" would be that of the companions of the bridegroom, or of the crowd that mingled with them. In the interpretation of the parable we may see in it, over and above its reference to the final Advent, that which answers to the stir and thrill that announce any coming crisis in the history of Church or people.