Discovery BoxMatthew 25:5 
Context25:5 When 1 the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Matthew 9:15
Context9:15 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests 2 cannot mourn while the bridegroom 3 is with them, can they? But the days 4 are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, 5 and then they will fast.
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “sons of the wedding hall,” an idiom referring to wedding guests, or more specifically friends of the bridegroom present at the wedding celebration (L&N 11.7).
3 sn The expression while the bridegroom is with them is an allusion to messianic times (John 3:29; Isa 54:5-6; 62:4-5; 4 Ezra 2:15, 38).
4 tn Grk “days.”
5 sn The statement the bridegroom will be taken from them is a veiled allusion by Jesus to his death, which he did not make explicit until the incident at Caesarea Philippi in 16:13ff.
