While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
And while the bridegroom (Jesus Christ) tarried, i.e. delayed his coming, and thus protracted the time of repentance, they all slumbered and slept; viz. they all died. But the reason why Jesus Christ says they slumbered is, because they were to rise again: and by the expression, while the bridegroom tarried, Christ wishes to show us that a very short time will elapse between his first and second coming. (St. Jerome)
