Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Ver. 11. Afterward came also the other virgins] The greater number by odds that stand trifling and baffling with Christ, and their souls futuring their repentance, Epimetheus' post masters, semper victuri always about to live, in Seneca's sense. Jehoshaphat in temporals was ever wise too late, 2Ch 18:31; 2 Chronicles 20:36,37, and paid for his after wit; howbeit, in spirituals he was a wise virgin, made sure work for his soul, which was a high point of heavenly prudence.
Lord, Lord, open unto us] The self-soother (with Sisera) is dreaming of a kingdom, when Jael's nail is nearer to his temples than a crown; unless it be such a crown as Walter Earl of Athol (that Scotch traitor) had, a crown of red-hot iron clapped upon his head; being one of those tortures wherewith he ended at once his wicked days and desires of the kingdom.