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And five of them were wise - . The words “wise and foolish,” here, refer only to their conduct; in regard to the oil. The one part was “wise” in...
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....
wise . prudent.
2. Five were wise. Towards the close of the former chapter, our Lord specially required steward to be wise, ( Matthew 24:45 ) for it i...
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Five of them were wise - Or, provident, φρονιμοι - they took care to make a proper provision bef...
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They are not distinguished into good an...
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...
And five of them were wise and five were foolish ] The foolish virgins are not identical with the wicked, or the hypocrites. There is nothing in...
Five of them were wise. — The word is the same as in Matthew 24:45 , where see Note.
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 five of them were wise ,.... The order of these words is inverted in some versions, as in the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic, and in Munste...
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Ver. 2. Five were foolish ] That is, some were wise, and some others foolish, and these last...
And five of them were wise Prudent and provident; and five foolish Inconsiderate and careless. These latter took their lamps Took up a professi...
"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...
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...
‘And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For the foolish, when they took their torches, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in 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 25:1-5 I. The main difficulty of interpretation in this parable is to understand what is meant by the wise and foolish virgins respectivel...
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 25:1-4 . 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...
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. The delay of the bridegroom:
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
1 Corinthians 10:1-5 ; 1 John 2:19 ; Jeremiah 24:2 ; Jude 1:5 ; Matthew 22:10 ; Matthew 22:11 ; Matthew 7:24-27
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.