But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
6. At midnight a cry arose. With respect to the cry I view it as taken metaphorically for his sudden arrival; for we know, that when any thing new and unexpected happens, men are wont to make a loud noise.
And at midnight there was a cry made;.... Which is no other than the following notice of the bridegroom's coming, expressed in these words: behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him: which supposes that then all things will be ready for his coming: all things respecting this world; all the strange and surprising events that were to come to pass, before the...
Verse 6. At midnight. Later than was the usual custom, and hence they had fallen asleep. A cry made. Of those who were coming with the bridegroom. (y) "midnight" (z) "a cry made"