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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, let us not sleep as [do] the rest, 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• 19After a long time the lord of those bondmen cometh and settleth account with them. (Matt. 25:19)
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Matt. 24:48• 48But if that evil bondman shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; (Matt. 24:48)
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Hab. 2:3•  (Hab. 2:3)
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Luke 12:45• 45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 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, that having done the will of God ye may receive the promise.
 37For yet a very little while: he that cometh will have 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 [day] that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue thus from beginning of creation.
 5For this escapeth their notice willingly, that by the word of God heavens were of old, and an earth having its subsistence out of water and through water;
 6by which [waters] the then world being overflowed with water perished.
 7But the now heavens and the earth by the same word have been stored with fire, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
 8{i}But{/i} {i}let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved,{/i} that one day is with [the] Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
 9{i}[The] 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{/i}. (2 Peter 3:4‑9)
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Rev. 2:25• 25but that which ye have hold fast till I shall come. (Rev. 2:25)
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Matt. 26:40,43• 40{i}And 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?{/i}
 43{i}And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.{/i} (Matt. 26:40,43)
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Song of Sol. 3:1•  (Song of Sol. 3:1)
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Song of Sol. 5:2•  (Song of Sol. 5:2)
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Jonah 1:5‑6•  (Jonah 1:5‑6)
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Mark 14:37‑38• 37{i}And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon,{/i} sleepest thou? hast thou not been able to watch one hour?
 38Watch and pray, lest ye enter 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 cometh, shall he indeed find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8)
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Rom. 13:11• 11And this, knowing the time, that [it is] already time that we should awake from sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Rom. 13:11)
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Eph. 5:14• 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise out of [the] dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:14)
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1 Thess. 5:6‑8• 6So, then, let us not sleep as [do] the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
 7For they that sleep sleep by night, and they that are drunk drink by night;
 8but we being of day, let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and hope of salvation as helmet. (1 Thess. 5:6‑8)
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1 Peter 5:8• 8Be vigilant, watch: your adversary [the] devil as a roaring lion walketh 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."