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Verse Matthew 25:2. _FIVE OF THEM WERE WISE_] Or, _provident_,
φρονιμοι - they took care to make a proper provision
beforehand, and left nothing to be done in the last moment.
_FIVE_ WERE _FOOLISH_]...
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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 i...
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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._
Luke 21:36), Mt. inserts (_a)_ the short simile of a householde...
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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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WISE. prudent....
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_wise_ The word is used of prudence or practical intelligence, a
characteristic of the steward, ch. Matthew 24:45, and Luke 16:8....
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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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ΉΣΑΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510).
ΜΩΡΌΣ (G3474) глупый,
ΦΡΌΝΙΜΟΣ (G5429) мудрый, чуткий,
вдумчивый. Они были мудры, потому что
хорошо подготовились (Carson, 513)....
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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 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 and bad, as Trench observes, but into "wise"
and "foolish...
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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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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 lam...
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FIVE OF THEM WERE WISE. — The word is the same as in Matthew 24:45,
where see Note....
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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 co...
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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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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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2._Five were wise. _Towards the close of the former chapter, our Lord
specially required _steward _to be _wise, _(Matthew 24:45) for it is
reasonable, that the heavier the charge which any man sustain...
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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 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 Munster's Hebrew Gospel, which read, "and five of them were...
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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 usually the most imprudent, improvident, after
witte...
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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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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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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II
blessing the five loaves, fed with them five thousand men. Five
virgins[188]
The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity
For, merely because a person is call...
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Matthew 25:2 Now G1161 five G4002 of G1537 them G846 were G2258
(G5713) wise G5429 and G2532 five G4002 foolish G3474
Matthew 7:24-27, Matthew 13:19-23, Matthew 13:38-43,...
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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 25:1
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. _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.
CONC...
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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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FOOLISH - WISE. Notice the difference in attitude. Compare Matthew
7:21-27....
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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 Corinthians 10:1; 1 John 2:19; Jeremiah 24:2; Jude 1:5; Matthew
22:10; Matthew 22:11; Matthew 7:24...