Matthew 25:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. ”

Matthew 25:9 - 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 25:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Not so. Or, supply the Ellipsis thus: "[we must refuse] lest there be not enough", &c. not. Greek. ou. App-105. But all the texts read " ou me ". App-105.
Matthew 25:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Lest there be not enough for you and us. We know that the Lord distributes his gifts so variously to each, according to his measure, in order that they may give mutual aid to each other,...
Matthew 25:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Lest there be not enough for us and you - These had all b...
Matthew 25:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Saying, Not so, &c.— This, says Dr. Doddridge, seems merely an ornamental circumstance; and it is strange, that any popish writer should consider it as favouring their doctrine of a stock of m...
Matthew 25:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the wise answered saying Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye...
Matthew 25:9 - 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 25:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Not so. — The words, as the italics show, are not in the Greek. They are, perhaps, necessary to complete the sense in English; but there is a tone of regretful tenderness in the way in which, in th...
Matthew 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the wise answered, saying, not so ,.... A flat denial; and which sprung not from want or compassion; for the saints are taught not only to compassionate one another, and to pity fallen professor...
Matthew 25:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Ver. 9. Lest there be not enough, &c. ] The best...
Matthew 25:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But the wise answered, saying, Not so The words, not so , are not in the Greek, which is only, μηποτε ουκ αρκεση ημιν και υμιν, lest it should not be sufficient for us and you. They begin the se...
Matthew 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 25:13 " .
Matthew 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 25:1-4 . 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. Th...
Matthew 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The coming of the bridegroom:
Matthew 25:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 8:22 ; Ezekiel 14:14-16 ; Ezekiel 14:20 ; Isaiah 55:1-3 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 15:1 ; Psalms 49:7-9 ; Revelation 3:17 ; Revelation 3:18
Matthew 25:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But the wise answered, Lest there be not enough for us and you! — Beginning the sentence with a beautiful abruptness; such as showed their surprise at the state of those poor wretches, who had so l...

Matthew 25:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 25:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 25:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 25:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 25:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 25:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 25:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 25:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 25:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 25:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 25:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 25:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 25:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 25:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 25:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 25:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 25:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes