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Matthew 9:15

Context
9:15 Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests 1  cannot mourn while the bridegroom 2  is with them, can they? But the days 3  are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, 4  and then they will fast.

John 3:29

Context
3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly 5  when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. 6 
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[9:15]  1 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).

[9:15]  2 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).

[9:15]  3 tn Grk “days.”

[9:15]  4 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.

[3:29]  5 tn Grk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).

[3:29]  6 tn Grk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”



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