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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...
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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...
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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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SLUMBERED. became drowsy. Greek. _nustazo._ Occurs only here and 2
Peter 2:3.
SLEPT. went to sleep (and continued asleep). Greek. _katheudo._...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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_Parable of the Ten Virgins_, in Mt. only....
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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...
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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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While the bridegroom tarried, they all (b) slumbered and slept.
(b) Their eyes being heavy with sleep....
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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...
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Matthew 25:5 while G1161 bridegroom G3566 delayed G5549 (G5723) all
G3956 slumbered G3573 (G5656) and G2532 slept...
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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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‘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...
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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 25:5. 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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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._
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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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....
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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 Peter 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Peter 3:4; Ephesians 5:14;...
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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....
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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....
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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...