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Matthew 9:15

Context
9:15 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests¹ cannot mourn while the bridegroom² is with them, can they? But the days³ are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them,⁴ and then they will fast.

Matthew 9:23

Context
9:23 When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

¹tn 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).

²sn 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).

³tn Grk “days.”

⁴sn 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.

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