Matthew 25:2

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wise . prudent.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Five of them were wise. — The word is the same as in Matthew 24:45 , where see Note.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

"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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And five of them were wise Prudent and provident; and five foolish Inconsiderate and careless. These latter took their lamps Took up a professi...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

"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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unt...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 25:13 " .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Parable of the Ten Virgins. The delay of the bridegroom:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 25:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 25:2