there was. cry made. there arose. cry.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
At midnight - Later than was the usual custom, and hence, they had fallen asleep. A cry made - Of those who were coming with the bridegroom....
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....
6. At midnight a cry arose. With respect to the cry I view it as taken metaphorically for his sudden arrival; for we know, that when any...
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. At midnight there was a cry - The Jewish weddings were ge...
And at midnight there was a cry— Perhaps the tradition which St. Jerome mentions, wherein it was asserted that Christ would come to judgment at mid...
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. And at midnight - that is, the time when the Brid...
Parable of the Ten Virgins. Professing Christians, who alone are addressed here, are warned of the absolute need of sufficient oil, i.e. of suffici...
The Ten Viegins. The Talents. The Sheep and the Goats The whole of this a, which is entirely concerned with the Second Advent, and contains some o...
At midnight ] i.e. the time of the Second Advent and the resurrection of the dead.
At midnight. — The hour was obviously later than the virgins had expected, and in this we may see a half-veiled suggestion of a like lateness in th...
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 cl...
Be Ready for the Bridegroom Matthew 25:1-13 Three remarkable parables occupy this chapter and follow a marked sequence of thought. First, we ar...
"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 bef...
"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 we...
And at midnight there was a cry made ;.... Which is no other than the following notice of the bridegroom's coming, expressed in these words: behol...
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Ver. 6. There was a cry made ] By the trumpet of the...
And at midnight In an hour quite unthought of, and the most alarming. Perhaps the tradition mentioned by Jerome, which asserted that Christ would c...
"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...
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unt...
See Poole on " Matthew 25:13 " .
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 parab...
‘But in the middle of the night there is a cry, “Behold, the bridegroom! Come you forth to meet him.” ' And then while they slept the moment that th...
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 gr...
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 exquisite...
Matthew 25:6 The Duty of Watchfulness. I. The ten virgins represent the people of the Lord, awakened by the Spirit, separate from the world, look...
Matthew 25:6-9 Mark here:. I. The Discovery. "Our lamps are gone out." (1) There is no indwelling grace. Their lamps went out because they had no...
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...
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 f...
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...
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 fi...
EXPOSITION Matthew 25:1-40 Parable of the ten virgins. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) This parable, as a continuation of the teaching of the...
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
The coming of the bridegroom:
1 Thessalonians 4:16 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3 ; 2 Peter 3:10 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 ; Amos 4:12 ; Isaiah 25:9 ; John 5:28 ; John 5:29 ; Jud...
At midnight — In an hour quite unthought of.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.