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Matthew 25

Matt. 25:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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While
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the bridegroom
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
numphios (Greek #3566)
a bride-groom (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bridegroom.
Pronounce: noom-fee'-os
Origin: from 3565
tarried
chronizo (Greek #5549)
to take time, i.e. linger
KJV usage: delay, tarry.
Pronounce: khron-id'-zo
Origin: from 5550
, they
nustazo (Greek #3573)
to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay
KJV usage: slumber.
Pronounce: noos-tad'-zo
Origin: from a presumed derivative of 3506
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
slumbered
nustazo (Greek #3573)
to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay
KJV usage: slumber.
Pronounce: noos-tad'-zo
Origin: from a presumed derivative of 3506
i and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
slept
katheudo (Greek #2518)
to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (be a-)sleep.
Pronounce: kath-yoo'-do
Origin: from 2596 and εὕδω (to sleep)
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1 Thess. 5:6• 6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober; (1 Thess. 5:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Matt. 25:19• 19And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them. (Matt. 25:19)
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Matt. 24:48• 48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, (Matt. 24:48)
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Hab. 2:3• 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay. (Hab. 2:3)
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Luke 12:45• 45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken, (Luke 12:45)
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Luke 20:9• 9And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time. (Luke 20:9)
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Heb. 10:36‑37• 36For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.
 37For yet a very little while he that comes will come, and will not delay. (Heb. 10:36‑37)
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2 Peter 3:4‑9• 4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep all things remain thus from the beginning of the creation.
 5For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,
 6through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished.
 7But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
 8But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
 9The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:4‑9)
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Rev. 2:25• 25but what ye have hold fast till I shall come. (Rev. 2:25)
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Matt. 26:40,43• 40And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?
 43And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. (Matt. 26:40,43)
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Song of Sol. 3:1• 1On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (Song of Sol. 3:1)
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Song of Sol. 5:2• 2I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night. (Song of Sol. 5:2)
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Jonah 1:5‑6• 5And the mariners were afraid, and cried every one unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to be lightened of them. But Jonah had gone down into the lower part of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
 6And the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, sleeper? arise, call upon thy God; perhaps God will think upon us, that we perish not. (Jonah 1:5‑6)
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Mark 14:37‑38• 37And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, dost thou sleep? Hast thou not been able to watch one hour?
 38Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak. (Mark 14:37‑38)
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Luke 18:8• 8I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8)
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Rom. 13:11• 11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Rom. 13:11)
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Eph. 5:14• 14Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:14)
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1 Thess. 5:6‑8• 6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober;
 7for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;
 8but *we* being of the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as helmet the hope of salvation; (1 Thess. 5:6‑8)
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1 Peter 5:8• 8Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour. (1 Peter 5:8)
• They all dropped practically the hope of Christ's coming: there was no difference in that. There were true Christians and false, but all were in this respect asleep. (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.

W. Kelly Translation

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Nowa, the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, "Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all fell heavy and were sleeping."