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Butδὲin the middleμέσηςof the nightνυκτὸςthere wasγέγονενa shout:κραυγὴ‘Look,Ἰδοὺthe bridegroom!ὁ νυμφίοςCome outἐξέρχεσθεtoεἰςmeetἀπάντησινhim.’αὐτοῦ
Matthew 25:6
Study it in the app“But in the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Look, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’”
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With the Greek beneath
Matthew 25:6, word by word
- in the middleμέσηςmesēs
middle
Middle, in the midst.
Where else “mesēs” appears- of the nightνυκτὸςnyktos
night
Night. "By night".
Where else “nyktos” appears- there wasγέγονενgegonen
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “gegonen” appears- a shoutκραυγὴkraugē
shout, outcry
Shout, outcry, loud cry.
Where else “kraugē” appears- the bridegroomνυμφίοςnymphios
bridegroom
Bridegroom.
Where else “nymphios” appears- Come outἐξέρχεσθεexerchesthe
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exerchesthe” appears- meetἀπάντησινapantēsin
meeting
Meeting; "to meet", going out to welcome someone.
Where else “apantēsin” appears
The context
5And as the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and were sleeping.
6 · This verse (above)
7Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
To study Matthew 25 in a group
1. What it says
What difference was there between the wise and the foolish virgins when the bridegroom came (vv. 3–10)?
2. What it means
What does Jesus teach by saying “as much as you did it to one of these my least brothers, you did it to me” (v. 40)?
3. How I live it
The King names simple things: food, water, clothing, a visit (vv. 35–36). To whom could you offer one of them this week?