But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

But a time will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast.

But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they shall fast, in those days.

But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then – when that day comes."

In those days - But instead of εν εκειναις ταις ἡμεραις, many of the best MSS. and versions read, εν εκεινῃ τῃ ἡμερᾳ, in that day; viz. the day in which Jesus Christ should be delivered up to the Jews and Gentiles. Mill and Bengel approve of this reading, and Griesbach adopts it. The former part of the verse seems to vindicate the common reading.

But the days will come,.... As they were in some sense now come to the disciples of John, their master being taken up by Herod, and confined in prison, and so it was a mourning time with them:
when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days: referring to the time of the sufferings and death of Christ, which would be, and was a sorrowful season to his disciples.