But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
But the days will come, [ Eleusontai (G2064 ) de (G1161 ) heemerai (G2250 ), rather, 'But days will come,'] when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them - a delicate and affecting allusion to coming events, and the grief with which these would fill the disciples,
And then shall they fast in those days - q.d., 'In My presence such exercises were unseemly: when bereft of Me, they will have time enough and cause enough.'