| 单词 | children of the bride-chamber | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaschildren (also sons) of the bride-chamber   children (also sons) of the bride-chamber  n. (in biblical translations and commentary) attendants or companions of the bridegroom at an ancient Jewish wedding; (figurative) Christians regarded as attendants of Christ in his salvation (cf. bridegroom n. 2).Chiefly used in translations of and with reference to Matthew 9:15, Mark 2:19, and Luke 5:34 (cf. quot. 1611).				 [After Hellenistic Greek οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, lit. ‘the sons of the bride-chamber’ (New Testament, in the passages cited above).]			 ΚΠ 1534    G. Joye Subuersion Moris False Found. f. xlvii  				In Luke..Cryste answerde, that ye cannot make the chylderne of the bryde chamber so longe as the brydegrome is with them to faste. 1611    Bible 		(King James)	 Matt. ix. 15  				Can the children of the bride-chamber mourne, as long as the bridegrome is with them? 1764    T. Percy in  tr.  Song of Solomon Comm. p. xxxii  				It is not very evident whether these words belong to the Bridesmaids, or to the sons of the Bride-chamber. 1873    Monthly Packet June 515  				Crown Thy Bride, and may the children Of the Bride-chamber rejoice. 1976    Studia Patristica 14 240  				There are abundant passages in the GP [= Gospel of Philip] which allude to the divine Light and the ‘rest’ which awaits children of the bride-chamber. < as lemmas  | 
	
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