He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
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He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them?
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And he sayde vnto them: Can ye make the chyldren of the weddinge fast as longe as the brydgrome is present with them?
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And he said vnto them, Can ye make the children of the wedding chamber to fast, as long as the bridegrome is with them?
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- John 3:29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
- Psalms 45:10-16 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house. So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord. The daughter of Tyre comes with a gift. The rich among the people entreat your favor. The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold. She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you. With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led. They shall enter into the king’s palace. Your sons will take the place of your fathers. You shall make them princes in all the earth.
- Song of Solomon 2:6-7 His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me. I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
- Song of Solomon 3:10-11 He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem. Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
- Song of Solomon 5:8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
- Song of Solomon 6:1 Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
- Isaiah 54:5 For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
- Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Zephaniah 3:17 Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
- Matthew 25:1-10 “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.
- Revelation 19:7-9 Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. He said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb.’ ” He said to me, “These are true words of God.”
- Judges 14:10-11 His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so. When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
- Matthew 22:2 “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Laws generally made without any consideration of circumstances, for…
Laws generally made without any consideration of circumstances, for fasting and other things of like sort, are not only tyrannous, but very hurtful in the Church.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 34 And he said unto them, Can ye make…
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Ver. 34. {See Trapp on "Mat 9:15"} {See Trapp on "Mar 2:19"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the days will come,.... And that in a…
But the days will come,.... And that in a very little time, as they did:
when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: as their master, John, was taken away from them, and now in prison, and therefore it was no wonder they mourned and fasted; signifying, that in a short time he, the bridegroom of his church and people, should be taken away by death:
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and then they shall fast in those days; mourn, and be humbled, of which fasting was, a sign, for the death of their Lord, and on account of the many afflictions and persecutions they should endure for his sake; See Gill on Mat 9:15.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Can ye make - That is, is it proper…
Can ye make - That is, is it proper to make men fast and mourn, during a festival solemnity?
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. the children of the bridechamber] The friends of…
34. the children of the bridechamber] The friends of the bridegroom—the paranymphs—who accompanied him to meet the bride and her maidens; Jdg_14:11. The question would be specially forcible to John’s disciples who had heard him speak of “the joy of the friend of the bridegroom” (Joh_3:29).
fast] St Matthew (Mat_9:15) uses the word ‘mourn’ which makes the antithesis more striking (Joh_16:20).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) Can ye make . . .?—The question is…
(34) Can ye make . . .?—The question is somewhat stronger in form than the simple, “Can the children of the bride-chamber fast?” in the other reports.
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Vers. 34, 35. And he said unto them Can ye make the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is With them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. On this reply of the Lord Jesus Godet very beautifully writes. "In the midst of this feast of publicans, the heart of Jesus is overflowing with joy; it is one of the hours when his earthly life seems to his feeling like a marriage-day. But suddenly his countenance becomes overcast: the shadow of a painful vision passes across his brow: "The days will come,"... said he, in a solemn tone. At the close of this nuptial week, the Bridegroom himself will be suddenly smitten and cut off; then will come the time of fasting for those who to-day are rejoicing; there will be no necessity to enjoin it. In this striking and poetic answer Jesus evidently announces his violent death." The imagery of the bridegroom is drawn from Hos_2:19, Hos_2:20, and perhaps also from the more mystical Scripture, Psalm 45 and the Song of Songs. Jesus here clearly regards himself as the Christ, as identical with the long looked-for Divine Deliverer; but at this comparatively early stage of his public career he was fully conscious that in his Person, with the triumphant would be joined the suffering Messiah. The word rendered "shall be taken away from (them)," aparyh , only occurs here in the New Testament; it points evidently to a death of violence. While the intimation given to Nicodemus (Joh_3:14) was the first private, so this seems to have been the first public announcement of the last scene of the earth-life.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 5:34-35 Do wedding guests fast? Just as it would…
5:34-35 Do wedding guests fast? Just as it would be inappropriate for anyone to fast at a wedding celebration, it was inappropriate for people to fast while the Messiah was with them. God’s final salvation is a great wedding feast that God prepares for his people (Isa 25:6-8; Luke 14:15-24).
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