Matthew 25:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. ”

Matthew 25:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Watch, therefore ... - This is the scope or design of the whole parable. This is the great truth that Christ wished to inculcate, and all parts of the parable are to be interpreted in reference t...
Matthew 25:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:42 to Matthew 25:13 . Abbreviating Mark 13:33-37 , with its simile of the absent householder, into one verse ( Matthew 24:42 ; cf. Luke 21:36 ), Mt. inserts ( a) the short simile...
Matthew 25:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Watch. This is the great lesson of the parable. neither . not. Greek. ou, as in Matthew 25:6 . wherein . in (Greek. en . App-104.) which. the Son of man. See App-98.
Matthew 25:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Watch therefore - If to watch be to employ ourselves chiefly about the business of our salvation, alas! how fe...
Matthew 25:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour [wherein the Son of man cometh.] This, the m...
Matthew 25:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Ten Virgins. Professing Christians, who alone are addressed here, are warned of the absolute need of sufficient oil, i.e. of sufficient depth and reality in the spiritual life, if th...
Matthew 25:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1-51 & Matthew 25:1-46 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge...
Matthew 25:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Be Ready for the Bridegroom Matthew 25:1-13 Three remarkable parables occupy this chapter and follow a marked sequence of thought. First, we are called upon to look to ourselves, and be sure th...
Matthew 25:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

"Then." This gives us the time in which the Kingdom of Heaven will be likened unto ten virgins. That Kingdom passes through many phases, but just before the coming of the King this will be its charac...
Matthew 25:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. (2) And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. (3) They that were...
Matthew 25:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Watch therefore ,.... In ordinances, in prayer, public and private, in hearing the word, at the Lord's supper, and in every religious exercise; over the heart, the thoughts and affections of it; ove...
Matthew 25:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Ver. 13. Watch therefore ] Lest ye smart for it, when God shall send out summons for sleepers. This is an...
Matthew 25:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Watch, therefore , &c. See, therefore, that your mind be always awake and watchful, and that you maintain an habitual readiness for the coming of the bridegroom, not presuming on preparations to...
Matthew 25:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

"Then," that is, at the time when things must be brought to their proper conclusion, "shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins." These take lamps to go forth to meet the bridegroom. Th...
Matthew 25:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went fo...
Matthew 25:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Ver. 1-13. For the understanding of all parables, I have formerly showed, that parables are similitudes brought from some earthly things, or actions, to illustrate some heavenly doctrine, or...
Matthew 25:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Another emphasis on the fact that all must be ready for His second coming is found in this parable. It is the parable of ten maidens who were to go out to meet the b...
Matthew 25:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 25:1 . Then shall the kingdom of heaven .—The three parables of this chapter appear here as in closest sequence to the great discourse of chap. 24, and are as its natural...
Matthew 25:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Son of man Also ( Matthew 24:31 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 8:20 ).
Matthew 25:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 25:1-13 Here is one of the larger and grander pictures in this gallery of various glory. It is sublime in its ample outline, and exquisitely tender in its details. It is charged with many...
Matthew 25:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 25:1-2 . Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, And five were foolish. Wh...
Matthew 25:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 25:1 . Ten virgins took their lamps to meet the bridegroom. Homer names the like custom among the Greeks, of the bridegroom being preseded by virgins bearing lighted torches. The virgins r...
Matthew 25:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins. The ten virgins I. We have here two characters contrasted. “Five were wise and five were foolish.” That we may define the differenc...
Matthew 25:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 25:1-40 Parable of the ten virgins. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) This parable, as a continuation of the teaching of the last chapter, sets forth the necessity of having a...
Matthew 25:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Matthew 25:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:13 ; 1 Peter 4:7 ; 1 Peter 5:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:6 ; 2 Timothy 4:5 ; Acts 20:31 ; Luke 21:36 ; Mark 13:33-37 ; Matthew 24:42-44 ; Revelation 16:15
Matthew 25:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Watch therefore — He that watches has not only a burning lamp, but likewise oil in his vessel. And even when he sleepeth, his heart waketh. He is quiet; but not secure.

Matthew 25:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 25:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 25:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 25:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 25:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 25:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 25:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 25:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 25:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 25:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 25:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 25:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 25:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 25:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 25:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 25:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 25:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 25:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes