Let your loins be girded about— As the eastern nations wore long garments, it was necessary that, when they had any thing to do which required them to exert their strength or agility, they should tuck them up, and gird them close; a practice to which there are frequent references both in the Old Testament and the New. That the lamps should be found extinguished, might be an inconvenient circumstance to the master, would deprive his procession of all its grandeur, and would be a demonstration of the servant's idleness. The expressions taken together, may intimate the care which we should take to inform ourselves in our duty, and the resolution which we should apply to the performance of it. There does not appear to be any particular mystery in the circumstance of the wedding. Our Lord probably chose to mention this, because marriage-feasts were generally the most splendid, and so prolonged to the latest hour. See the note on Matthew 25:1.
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Luke 12:35-36
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.