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Matthew 25

Matt. 25:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
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)
at midnight
mesos (Greek #3319)
middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun)
KJV usage: among, X before them, between, + forth, mid(-day, -night), midst, way.
Pronounce: mes'-os
Origin: from 3326
nux (Greek #3571)
"night" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (mid-)night.
Pronounce: noox
Origin: a primary word
l there was
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
a cry
krauge (Greek #2906)
an outcry (in notification, tumult or grief)
KJV usage: clamour, cry(-ing).
Pronounce: krow-gay'
Origin: from 2896
m made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
, Behold
idou (Greek #2400)
second person singular imperative middle voice of 1492; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
Pronounce: id-oo'
, 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
cometh
erchomai (Greek #2064)
middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) ἐλεύθομαι (el-yoo'-thom-ahee), or (active) ἔλθω (el'-tho), which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
Pronounce: er'-khom-ahee
; go ye
exerchomai (Greek #1831)
to issue (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: come (forth, out), depart (out of), escape, get out, go (abroad, away, forth, out, thence), proceed (forth), spread abroad.
Pronounce: ex-er'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 1537 and 2064
out
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
o to meet
apantesis (Greek #529)
a (friendly) encounter
KJV usage: meet.
Pronounce: ap-an'-tay-sis
Origin: from 528
him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
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Rev. 16:15• 15(Behold, I come as a thief: blessed {i}is{/i} he that watcheth, and keepeth his raiment, that he walk not naked, and they see {i}not{/i} his shame.) (Rev. 16:15)
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1 Thess. 4:16• 16because the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout of command, with archangel's voice, and with trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; (1 Thess. 4:16)
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Amos 4:12•  (Amos 4:12)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Matt. 24:44• 44Therefore, be ye also ready, for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh. (Matt. 24:44)
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Mark 13:33‑37• 33Take heed, watch and pray, {i}for ye do not know when the time is:{/i}
 34[it is] as a man gone out of the country who left his house and gave authority to his bondmen, {i}and{/i} to each his work, {i}and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.{/i}
 35Watch, therefore; for ye know not when the master of the house cometh: even, or midnight, or cock-crowing, or in morning;
 36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
 37But what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. (Mark 13:33‑37)
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Luke 12:20,38‑40,46• 20But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
 38And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
 39But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be digged through.
 40And ye, therefore, be ye ready; for in the hour in which ye do not think [it] the Son of man cometh.
 46the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he doth not expect it, and in an hour he knoweth not of, and shall cut him in two, and appoint his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:20,38‑40,46)
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1 Thess. 5:1‑3• 1But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need to be written to.
 2For yourselves know thoroughly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief at night.
 3When they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:1‑3)
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Rev. 16:15• 15(Behold, I come as a thief: blessed {i}is{/i} he that watcheth, and keepeth his raiment, that he walk not naked, and they see {i}not{/i} his shame.) (Rev. 16:15)
a cry.
Matt. 24:31• 31And he shall send his angels with great sound of trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from [one] end of heavens to the other. (Matt. 24:31)
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John 5:28‑29• 28Wonder not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
 29and shall go forth, those that practiced good unto a resurrection of life, and those that did evil unto a resurrection of judgment. (John 5:28‑29)
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1 Thess. 4:16• 16because the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout of command, with archangel's voice, and with trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; (1 Thess. 4:16)
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2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of [the] Lord will come as a thief; in which the heavens shall pass away with rushing noise, and elements, with fervent heat, shall be dissolved, and [the] earth and the works that are therein shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)
Behold.
Matt. 25:31• 31But when the Son of man shall have come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory, (Matt. 25:31)
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Psa. 50:3‑6•  (Psa. 50:3‑6)
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Psa. 96:13•  (Psa. 96:13)
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Psa. 98:9•  (Psa. 98:9)
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2 Thess. 1:7‑10• 7and to you that are troubled rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power
 8in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and to those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;
 9Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
 10when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be wondered at in all that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. (2 Thess. 1:7‑10)
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Jude 14‑15• 14And Enoch, seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord came amid his holy myriads,
 15to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke against him. (Jude 14‑15)
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Matt. 25:1• 1Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, the which took their torches and went forth to meet the bridegroom. (Matt. 25:1)
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Isa. 25:9•  (Isa. 25:9)
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Amos 4:12•  (Amos 4:12)
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Mal. 3:1‑2•  (Mal. 3:1‑2)
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Rev. 19:7‑9• 7Let us be glad and rejoice and give the glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
 8And to her it was granted that she should be clothed with fine linen bright [and] pure: for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.
 9And he saith to me, Write: Blessed {i}are{/i} those that are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me, These are the true words of God. (Rev. 19:7‑9)
• Plainly, that cry was the movement of the Holy Ghost Himself. It was the power and grace of God which sent it out by the means that He saw fitting. We are not told how, but it plainly reveals a general movement among Christian professors — a revival of the truth of the coming of the Lord. (“Remarks on Matthew 25” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.

W. Kelly Translation

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But at midnight a cry was made, Behold, the bridegroom! go ye forth to meet him.