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Verse Matthew 25:6. _AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY_] The Jewish weddings
were generally celebrated in the night; yet they usually began at the
rising of the evening star; but in this case there was a mo...
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AT MIDNIGHT - Later than was the usual custom, and hence, they had
fallen asleep.
A CRY MADE - Of those who were coming with the bridegroom....
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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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THERE WAS. CRY MADE. there arose. cry.
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._...
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_there was a cry made_ Literally, "_there_ IS _a cry made_....
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ἜΡΧΕΤΑΙ, omitted after ὁ νυμφίος according to all the
important codices greatly enhances the vividness of the narrative.
6. ΚΡΑΥΓῊ ΓΈΓΟΝΕΝ. ‘A cry is raised’. _fit_ sonus
(Verg.). The tense gives viv...
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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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ΚΡΑΥΓΉ (G2906) кричать, громко звать,
ΓΈΓΟΝΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096)
становиться, случаться. _Perf._ скорее
всего используется здесь как hist, _praes._
(Μ, 146). См. также К. L. McKay,...
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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY— Perhaps the tradition which St.
Jerome mentions, wherein it was asserted that Christ would come to
judgment at midnight, might be borrowed from this passage; though
ce...
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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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And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh;
go ye out to meet him.
AND AT MIDNIGHT - that is, the time when the Bridegroom will be least
expected; because "the day of the L...
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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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AT MIDNIGHT] i.e. the time of the Second Advent and the resurrection
of the dead....
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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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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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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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AT MIDNIGHT. — The hour was obviously later than the virgins had
expected, and in this we may see a half-veiled suggestion of a like
lateness in the coining of the true Bridegroom. The “cry” would be...
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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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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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_There was a cry. So shall we all have to rise again at the sound of
the last trumpet, to meet our judge, either like the wise virgins, who
having their oil ready, and their lamps trimmed and burning,...
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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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6._At midnight a cry arose. _With respect to the _cry _I view it as
taken metaphorically for his sudden arrival; for we know, that when
any thing new and unexpected happens, men are wont to make a lou...
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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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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE;.... Which is no other than the
following notice of the bridegroom's coming, expressed in these words:
BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH, GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM: which...
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And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh;
go ye out to meet him.
Ver. 6. _There was a cry made_] By the trumpet of the archangel, _a_
and the voice of God, say some interpr...
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_And at midnight_ In an hour quite unthought of, and the most
alarming. Perhaps the tradition mentioned by Jerome, which asserted
that Christ would come to judgment at midnight, might be borrowed from...
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The coming of the bridegroom:...
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AND AT MIDNIGHT THERE WAS A CRY MADE, BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH;
GO YE OUT TO MEET HIM....
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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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Methodius Discourse VI. Agathe
But the cry which was made when it was said,[13]...
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Matthew 25:6 And G1161 midnight G3319 G3571 cry G2906 was G1096
(G5754) Behold G2400 (G5628) bridegroom...
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‘But in the middle of the night there is a cry, “Behold, the
bridegroom! Come you forth to meet him.” '
And then while they slept the moment that they had been awaiting
arrived. In the middle of the n...
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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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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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Matthew 25:6. BUT AT MIDNIGHT. At a late, dark season, the most
unsuitable too for the foolish virgins to make good their lack.
A CRY IS MADE, BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM! This was usual. A sign of the
co...
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THERE IS A CRY
(κραυγη γεγονεν). A cry has come. Dramatic use of the
present perfect (second perfect active) indicative, not the perfect
for the aorist. It is not εστιν, but γεγονεν which
emphasize...
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Matthew 25:6
The Duty of Watchfulness.
I. The ten virgins represent the people of the Lord, awakened by the
Spirit, separate from the world, looking for His coming. But among
these there is a wide di...
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Matthew 25:6
Mark here:.
I. The Discovery. "Our lamps are gone out." (1) There is no indwelling
grace. Their lamps went out because they had no oil. They burned for a
while, as a dry wick will do, of...
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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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IT WAS ALREADY MIDNIGHT. The hour of quiet sleep. The coming is
sudden, unexpected! (Compare Matthew 24:27.)...
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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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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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1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:1; 2 Peter 3:10; 2
Thessalonians 1:7;...
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There was a cry made [κ ρ α υ γ η γ ε γ ο ν ε ν]. Rev.,
there is a cry. The verb is in the perfect tense, representing the
past event as perpetuated in the present result, and hence is rendered
by the...
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At midnight — In an hour quite unthought of....
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AT MIDNIGHT, that is, at the most dismal and unseasonable time, when
all the virgins were fast asleep; and, when awakened in great
affrightment, could not on. sudden consider what to do. Such is the
c...