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Verse Matthew 25:8. _OUR LAMPS ARE GONE OUT._] σβεννυνται,
_are going out_. So then it is evident that they were _once_ lighted.
They had once hearts _illuminated_ and _warmed_ by faith and love; but...
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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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ARE GONE OUT. are going out....
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_are gone out_ Rather, "_are_ GOING _out_." Even the foolish virgins
had not been quite unwatchful, they were nearly ready for the Lord's
appearing....
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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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ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить.
ΔΌΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать.
_Aor. imper._ указывает на специфическое
срочное действие ΣΒΈΝΝΥΝΤΑΙ _praes. ind.
pass. от_ ΣΒΈΝΝΥΜΙ...
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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 the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our
lamps are gone out.
AND THE FOOLISH SAID UNTO THE WISE, GIVE US OF YOUR OIL; FOR OUR
LAMPS ARE GONE, OUT, [ sbennuntai (G4570)] - r...
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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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OUR LAMPS ARE GONE OUT. — Better, as in the margin, _are going out._
They were not quite extinguished; the flax was still smoking....
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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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_For our lamps are gone out. Thus too many trusting to their faith
alone, and leading a tepid indifference life, are negligent in
preparing themselves by good works for the coming of the bridegroom.
B...
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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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_LAMPS BURNING LOW_
‘Our lamps are gone out.’
Matthew 25:8
We might more literally translate the words, ‘Give us of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.’ The appeal is for more oil for lamps
that...
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8._And the foolish said to the wise. _This is a reproof of the late
repentance of those who never think of what they are in want of, till
_the door is shut _against every remedy. For those who do not...
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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 THE FOOLISH SAID UNTO THE WISE, GIVE US OF YOUR OIL,.... A
graceless person may be able to see the grace of God in others, be
convinced of it, and acknowledge it, as these foolish virgins did:
the...
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And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps
are gone out.
Ver. 8. _Our lamps are gone out_] They were not lighted lamps, but
sparks of their own tinderboxes; fantastic fire...
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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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GONE OUT; more literally, going out, for want of oil to recruit them.
This shows the consternation of those who are not ready to meet Christ
at his coming. It is not safe to rely on outward profession...
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The coming 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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GONE OUT:
Or, going out...
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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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Tertullian On Modesty
If, however, you are a sinner, how will the oil of your puny torch be
able to suffice for you and for me?[294]...
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Matthew 25:8 And G1161 foolish G3474 said G2036 (G5627) wise G5429
Give G1325 (G5628) us G2254 of G1537 your G5216 oil G1637 for G3754
our G2257 lamps G2985 out G4570 (G5743)
Give - Matthew 3:9;...
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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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ARE GOING OUT
(σβεννυντα). Present middle indicative of linear action, not
punctiliar or aoristic. When the five foolish virgins lit their lamps,
they discovered the lack of oil. The sputtering, fl...
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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. 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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OUR LAMPS ARE GOING OUT. They had kept their lamps flickering up to
now. Both death and Judgment will show things in their true light....
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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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Acts 8:24; Hebrews 4:1; Job 18:5; Job 21:17; Job 8:13; Job 8:14; Luke
12:35; Luke 16:24; Luke 8:18; Matthew 13:20;...
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Are gone out [σ β ε ν ν υ ν τ α ι]. The A. V. misses the
graphic force of the continuous present, denoting something in
progress. They see the flame waning and flickering, and cry, Our lamps
are going...
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Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out — Our faith is dead.
What a time to discover this! Whether it mean the time of death, or of
judgment. Unto which of the saints wilt thou then turn? Who...