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Verse Matthew 25:4. _TOOK OIL IN THEIR VESSELS_] They not only had a
sufficiency of oil in their lamps, but they carried a _vessel_ with
oil to recruit their lamps, when it should be found expedient....
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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 taking oil, the other “foolish” in neglecting it.
The c...
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CHAPTER 25
_ 1. The Parable of the Ten Virgins. (Matthew 25:1 .) 2. The Parable
of the Servants and the Talents. (Matthew 25:14 .) 3. The Judgment of
Nations. (Matthew 25:31 .)_
The second parable is...
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MATTHEW 24:42 TO MATTHEW 25:13. Abbreviating Mark 13:33, with its
simile of the absent householder, into one verse (Matthew 24:42; _cf._
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"What will happen in the Kingdom of Heaven is like the situation which
arose when ten virgins took their lamps and went out to meet the
bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The fo...
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THE FATE OF THE UNPREPARED (Matthew 25:1-13)...
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VESSELS. Containing oil, to pour on the torches. Greek. _angeion._ Occ
only here, and Matthew 13:48....
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THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
In St Matthew only....
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Ver 1. "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 were wise, and five were foolish. 3. They that...
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_THE PREPARED AND THE UNPREPARED VIRGINS MATTHEW 25:1-13:_ The primary
subject this chapter has to do with is the final judgment. Matthew 24
ended with the need to be prepared for the sudden and unexp...
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ΆΓΓΕΊΟΝ (G30) сосуд, фляга, небольшой
кувшин с узким горлышком (Jeremias, Parables). s...
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THEY THAT WERE FOOLISH, &C.— Five of the virgins that waited for the
bridegroom were so foolish, as to take only a little oil in their
lamps, to serve their present occasion: but the other five, being...
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4. ILLUSTRATION OF THE TEN WISE AND FOOLISH BRIDESMAIDS (25:1-13)
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who
took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And fiv...
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But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
BUT THE WISE TOOK OIL IN THEIR VESSELS WITH THEIR LAMPS. What are
these "lamps" and this "oil?" Many answers have been given. But since
the...
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1 The parable of the ten virgins applies only to the kingdom at the
time specified. When the
Lord comes in glory to enter into covenant relationship with Israel at
the commencement of the day of Jehov...
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OIL IN THEIR VESSELS] The foolish virgins took some oil, but not
enough. The wise virgins took an extra supply, in case the bridegroom
delayed his coming....
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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. Professing Christians, who alone are
addressed here, are warned of the absolute need of sufficient oil,
i.e. of sufficient depth and reality in the spiritual life, if they...
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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 of the most striking of all Christ's
sayings, is pecul...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 25
THE STORY ABOUT THE TEN YOUNG WOMEN 25:1-13
V1 ‘At that time, it will be like this where God rules: Ten young
women took their la...
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CHAPTER 18
The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1 & Matthew 25:1
WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed,
He still has a private ministry to discharge-a ministry of cou...
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ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις : the wise took oil _in the
vessels_, _i.e._, in vessels, with an extra supply, distinct from the
cups at the top of the torches containing oil....
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_Parable of the Ten Virgins_, in Mt. only....
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BE READY FOR THE BRIDEGROOM
Matthew 25:1-13
Three remarkable parables occupy this chapter and follow a marked
sequence of thought. First, we are called upon to look to ourselves,
and be sure that we...
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"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 before the coming of the King this will be its charact...
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But the wise took oil. Under this parable, we have the state of all
Christians in their mortal pilgrimage justly delineated. The wise took
oil in their lamps, the necessary qualifications of grace and...
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CHAPTER 21
COMING OF THE LORD
Matthew 25:1-13. _“Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened
unto ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went out to meet the
Bridegroom.”_ Throughout the Bi...
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"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 were wise, and five were foolish. (3) They that were...
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We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem,
traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once
been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
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Professors, during the Lord's absence, are here presented as virgins,
who went out to meet the Bridegroom, and light Him to the house. In
this passage He is not the Bridegroom of the church. No others...
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BUT THE WISE TOOK OIL,.... They were concerned for the true grace of
God, being enlightened by the Spirit of God; they saw their need of
the grace of God, and being directed by him where it was to be...
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But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Ver. 4. _But the wise took oil_] That is, true faith in their hearts,
which, as oil, is spreading, softening, suppling, soaking. Christ
puttet...
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_And five of them were wise_ Prudent and provident; _and five foolish_
Inconsiderate and careless. _These latter took their lamps_ Took up a
profession of the true religion; _but took no oil with them...
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TOOK OIL; to feed their lamps. These agree with those "sown on good
ground," who "bring forth fruit with patience." Mark 4:20, LUKE 8:15....
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BUT THE WISE TOOK OIL IN THEIR VESSELS WITH THEIR LAMPS....
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THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS.
The delay of the bridegroom:...
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"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 take lamps to go forth to meet the bridegroom. The...
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1-13 The circumstances of the parable of the ten virgins were taken
from the marriage customs among the Jews, and explain the great day of
Christ's coming. See the nature of Christianity. As Christia...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 25:13"....
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Origen Against Celsus Book VI
and this light is nourished within them by the oil, which in a certain
parable is said to have preserved the light of the torches of the five
wise virgins.[32]...
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Matthew 25:4 but G1161 wise G5429 took G2983 (G5627) oil G1637 in
G1722 their G846 vessels G30 with...
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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 parable of ten maidens who
were to go out to meet the bride...
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‘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 their vessels with their torches.'
The division betwe...
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Matthew 25:3-4. FOR THE FOOLISH. The insertion of ‘for' introduces
this as an evidence of their folly.
BUT THE WISE, provided themselves with oil in the proper vessels.
Explanations: (1.) The lamps r...
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THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. Closely joined to the preceding one.
Its leading idea is the readiness of the Church for the coming of the
Lord. See the closing exhortation (Matthew 25:13). The last p...
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IN THEIR VESSELS
(εν τοις αγγειοις). Here alone in the N.T., through
αγγη in Matthew 13:48. Extra supply in these receptacles besides
the oil in the dish on top of the staff....
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Matthew 25:1
I. The main difficulty of interpretation in this parable is to
understand what is meant by the wise and foolish virgins respectively;
and also what is meant by the "taking oil in their ve...
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Matthew 25:1
Here is one of the larger and grander pictures in this gallery of
various glory. It is sublime in its ample outline, and exquisitely
tender in its details. It is charged with many precio...
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Matthew 25:1. _Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom. And five of them were wise, And five were foolish._
What a...
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Matthew 25:1. _Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom._
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They th...
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CONTENTS: Parables of the wise and foolish virgins. Testing of the
servants in the Lord's absence. Future testing of the Gentile nations
at the Lord's return.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples.
CONCL...
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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 by virgins bearing lighted torches. The virgins repr...
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WHILE THE WISE ONES TOOK. They were not going to be caught short.
[Read Hebrews 6:1-3 and compare.]...
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_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 five
were foolish.” That we may define the difference b...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 25:3 LAMPS. Large dome-shaped torches,
fueled by rags soaked in oil, used for walking outside. OIL. With
extra containers of oil, the torches could last for several hours....
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CHAPTER 25
_Then_... _which went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride_
(Vulg.). _And the bride_ is not found in the Greek, nor in S.
Chrysostom. It is the reading of the Latin and the Syria...
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_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 great
discourse of chap. 24, and are as its natural conclu...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 25:1
_Parable of the ten virgins. _(Peculiar to St. Matthew.) This parable,
as a continuation of the teaching of the last chapter, sets forth the
necessity of having and retaining...
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Shall we turn now to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-five? In the
twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew's gospel the disciples came to Jesus
and asked Him what would be the signs that would precede the
des...
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The wise took oil in their vessels — Love in their hearts. And they
daily sought a fresh supply of spiritual strength, till their faith
was made perfect....