HardBible Trivia
In Matthew 9, when Jesus says that wedding guests do not mourn while the bridegroom is with them, what is the literal (Greek-Hebrew) term for wedding guests?
AWitnesses to the broken glass.
BChildren of the bridechamber.✓ Correct Answer
CAttendants under the canopy.
DSpectators of the feast.
Answer & Explanation
✓ Children of the bridechamber.
Children of the bridechamber refers to a Hebrew wedding custom of close friends visiting newlyweds in their home during the week after the wedding. The literal translation is rarely used, because modern readers simply do not know what it means. (See Gospel of Matthew)
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