See Poole on "Matthew 25:13".
The bridegroom tarried - That is, while they waited for him. It was uncertain at what time he would come. He delayed longer than they expected....
While the bridegroom tarried, they all (b) slumbered and slept. (b) Their eyes being heavy with sleep.
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....
slumbered . became drowsy. Greek. nustazo. Occurs only here and 2 Peter 2:3 . slept . went to sleep (and continued asleep). Greek. katheudo....
5. And while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Some interpret this slumbering in a bad sense, as if believers, along wit...
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. The bridegroom tarried - The coming of the bridegroom to an individual may imply his deat...
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. While the bridegroom tarried. So in Matthew 24:48 , "My Lord delayeth His coming...
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...
Tarried ] A hint (but it is no more) that Christ would not come as soon as the first Christians expected. Slumbered and slept ] If a definite meani...
While the bridegroom tarried. — Strictly speaking, the time thus described includes the whole interval between our Lord’s Ascension and His final A...
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...
While the bridegroom tarried ,.... The space of time here referred to, is either from the ascension of Christ, to his coming to take vengeance on th...
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Ver. 5. While the bridegroom tarried ] Tarry he doth. 1. To exercise our patience. 2....
While the bridegroom tarried That is, before they were called to attend him; they all slumbered and slept That is, all Christians, so called, goo...
"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...
‘Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all fell asleep and slept for some time.' But there was a delay in the Bridegroom's coming, just as there ha...
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 25:5 Maiden Spirits waiting for Happy Life. I. Men are always discussing questions of time how long the world has lasted, or will last; t...
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:
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. This parable is connected very closely with the preceding admonitions of the Lord, urg...
1 Peter 5:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 ; 2 Peter 3:4-9 ; Ephesians 5:14 ; Habakkuk 2:3 ; Hebrews 10:36 ; Hebrews 10:37 ; Jonah 1:5 ; Jonah 1:6...
While the bridegroom delayed — That is, before they were called to attend him, they all slumbered and slept — Were easy and quiet, the wise enjoyin...
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.