Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 25:5
While the bridegroom delayed — That is, before they were called to attend him, they all slumbered and slept — Were easy and quiet, the wise enjoying a true, the foolish a false peace.
While the bridegroom delayed — That is, before they were called to attend him, they all slumbered and slept — Were easy and quiet, the wise enjoying a true, the foolish a false peace.
Verse Matthew 25:5. _THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED_] The coming of the bridegroom to an individual may imply his death: his coming to the world-the final judgment. The _delay _- the time from a man's birth t...
THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED - That is, while they waited for him. It was uncertain at what time he would come. He delayed longer than they expected. ALL SLUMBERED AND SLEPT - Waiting until near midnight, t...
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...
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._
THE FATE OF THE UNPREPARED (Matthew 25:1-13)...
"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...
SLUMBERED. became drowsy. Greek. _nustazo._ Occurs only here and 2 Peter 2:3. SLEPT. went to sleep (and continued asleep). Greek. _katheudo._...
_the bridegroom_ The thought of Christ as the Bridegroom of the Church is hardly appropriate here, for in the parable the maidens, and not the bride, are the expectant Church. The thought of the "chil...
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS In St Matthew only....
ΤΟΥ͂ ΝΥΜΦΊΟΥ. The thought of Christ as the Bridegroom of the Church is hardly appropriate here, for in the parable the maidens, and not the bride, are the expectant Church. The thought of the ‘childre...
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...
_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...
ΧΡΟΝΊΖΟΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΧΡΟΝΊΖΩ (G5549) откладывать, отнимать время. Part, в роли _gen. abs. Praes._ предполагает одновременное действие, ΈΝΎΣΤΑΞΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΝΥΣΤΆΖΩ (G3573) дрем...
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...
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED. So in Matthew 24:48, "My Lord delayeth His coming;" and so Peter says sublimely of the ascended Saviour, "W...
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...
TARRIED] A hint (but it is no more) that Christ would not come as soon as the first Christians expected. SLUMBERED AND SLEPT] If a definite meaning is to be given to this detail it represents the repo...
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...
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...
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...
WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED. — Strictly speaking, the time thus described includes the whole interval between our Lord’s Ascension and His final Advent; but looking to the law of “springing and germi...
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...
_Parable of the Ten Virgins_, in Mt. only....
χρονίζοντος τ. ν.: no reason given for delay, a possibility in natural life, _the_ point on which the spiritual lesson, “be ready,” hinges. ἐνύσταζαν, they nodded, aorist, because a transient state; ἐ...
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...
"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...
While the bridegroom tarried, they all (b) slumbered and slept. (b) Their eyes being heavy with sleep....
_And while the bridegroom (Jesus Christ) tarried, i.e. delayed his coming, and thus protracted the time of repentance, they all slumbered and slept; viz. they all died. Hence St. Paul, nolo vos ignora...
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...
"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...
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...
5._And while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. _Some interpret this slumbering in a bad sense, as if believers, along with others, abandoned themselves to sloth, and were asleep am...
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...
WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED,.... The space of time here referred to, is either from the ascension of Christ, to his coming to take vengeance on the Jews; or from thence to his second coming; or rathe...
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Ver. 5. _While the bridegroom tarried_] Tarry he doth. 1. To exercise our patience. 2. To eneager our desires. 3. That his elect may be all...
_While the bridegroom tarried_ That is, before they were called to attend him; _they all slumbered and slept_ That is, all Christians, so called, good and bad, sincere and hypocrites, those who really...
WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED, THEY ALL SLUMBERED AND SLEPT. This parable is connected very closely with the preceding admonitions of the Lord, urging watchfulness and faithfulness, faith and love. The...
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. The delay of the bridegroom:...
"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...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 25:13"....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II According to this course of procedure, therefore, man would always be inquiring but never finding, because he has rejected the very method of discovery. And when the...
Matthew 25:5 while G1161 bridegroom G3566 delayed G5549 (G5723) all G3956 slumbered G3573 (G5656) and G2532 slept...
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...
‘Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all fell asleep and slept for some time.' But there was a delay in the Bridegroom's coming, just as there had been delay in the return of the Master (Matthew 24...
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...
Matthew 25:5. NOW WHILE THE BRIDEGROOM TARRIED; as they were waiting for him ; an allusion to the delay of the Lord. ALL SLUMBERED AND SLEPT. Sleep overcame them, even while trying to keep awake. Thi...
THEY ALL SLUMBERED AND SLEPT (ενυσταξαν πασα κα εκαθευδον). They dropped off to sleep, nodded (ingressive aorist) and then went on sleeping (imperfect, linear action), a vivid picture drawn by the...
Matthew 25:5 Maiden Spirits waiting for Happy Life. I. Men are always discussing questions of time how long the world has lasted, or will last; the day of judgment, questions of futurity in one shape...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE BRIDEGROOM WAS LATE IN COMING. Later than they had any reason to expect. TO NOD AND FALL ASLEEP. The thought is that the bridegroom would come unexpectedly....
_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...
1-40 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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Peter 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Peter 3:4; Ephesians 5:14;...
Slumbered and slept [ε ν υ σ τ α ξ α ν κ α ι ε κ α θ ε υ δ ο ν]. Slumbered is, literally, nodded. Note the variation of tense. Nodded is aorist, denoting a transient act, the initial stage of slumber....
That is, whilst Christ delays his coming to persons by death and judgment, they are not so diligent as they ought, to prepare themselves for death and judgment. Instead of being upon their watch and g...