Saying, Not so, &c.— This, says Dr. Doddridge, seems merely an ornamental circumstance; and it is strange, that any popish writer should consider it as favouring their doctrine of a stock of merits in the church, founded on works of supererogation; since if it referred to them at all (which there is no reason to imagine) it would rather expose than encourage any dependance upon them.
Verse Matthew 25:9. _LEST THERE BE NOT ENOUGH FOR US AND YOU_] These had all been _companions_ in the Christian course, and there was a time when they might have been _helpful_ to each other; but tha...
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._
"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...
THE FATE OF THE UNPREPARED (Matthew 25:1-13)...
NOT SO. Or, supply the Ellipsis thus: "[we must refuse] lest there be not enough", &c. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. But all the texts read " _ou me_ ". App-105....
_lest there be not enough for us and you_ The bridal procession was still to be made in which there would be need of burning lamps. The wise cannot impart their oil: an incident necessary to the leadi...
ΟΥ̓Κ� is upheld with אALZ of the uncials against οὐ μὴ� with BCD and several late uncials. See Winer, p. 632, and Dr Moulton’s note 3. This is the first appeal to Codex A. 9. ΜΉΠΟΤΕ ΟΥ̓Κ�. The bridal...
THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS In St Matthew only....
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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΜΉΠΟΤΕ (G3379) вероятно, возможно (BAGD). ΆΡΚΈΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΆΡΚΈΩ (G714) хватать, быть достаточным. О вариантах толкова...
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...
But the wise answered saying Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather...
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...
25:9 lest (e-8) 'Lest perhaps.' see ch. 5.25 and Mark 4:12 ....
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...
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...
_Not so_ LEST] RV 'Peradventure there will not be enough.' Jerome says: 'This answer they make not from avarice, but from fear. For each individual soul will receive the reward for his own deeds, nor...
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...
NOT SO. — The words, as the italics show, are not in the Greek. They are, perhaps, necessary to complete the sense in English; but there is a tone of regretful tenderness in the way in which, in the o...
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....
μήποτε, lest, implying, and giving a reason for, an unexpressed declinature. Kypke renders, _perhaps, fortasse_, citing examples from classics, also Loesner, giving examples from Philo. Elsner suggest...
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...
Go ye rather to them that sell. The wise virgins do not there advise the foolish to go and buy, but upbraid them for the poor store of good works they have laid up. They had before only sought the pra...
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...
9._Lest there be not enough for you and us. _We know that the Lord distributes his gifts so variously to each, according to his measure, in order that they may give mutual aid to each other, and may e...
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...
BUT THE WISE ANSWERED, SAYING, NOT SO,.... A flat denial; and which sprung not from want or compassion; for the saints are taught not only to compassionate one another, and to pity fallen professors,...
But the wise answered, saying, _Not so_; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Ver. 9. _Lest there be not enough, &c._] The best have no...
_But the wise answered, saying, Not so_ The words, _not so_, are not in the Greek, which is only, μηποτε ουκ αρκεση ημιν και υμιν, _lest it should not be sufficient for us and you._ They begin the sen...
NOT SO; no believer can furnish grace for his fellow-men. This comes only from God....
BUT THE WISE ANSWERED, SAYING, NOT SO, LEST THERE BE NOT ENOUGH FOR US AND YOU; BUT GO YE RATHER TO THEM THAT SELL, AND BUY FOR YOURSELVES....
The coming 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"....
Matthew 25:9 But G1161 wise G5429 answered G611 (G5662) saying G3004 (G5723) lest G3379 not G3756 enough...
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...
‘But the wise answered, saying, “Perhaps there will not be enough for us and you. You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.” ' The wise knew that they could not help them. They had only...
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 25:9. PERADVENTURE. This was a refusal, though not in form. ‘Not so' is a correct paraphrase. The reply is not selfish, even in the figure, for it is affirmed: THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. To hav...
PERADVENTURE THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR US AND YOU (μηποτε ου μη αρκεσε ημιν κα υμιν). There is an elliptical construction here that is not easy of explanation. Some MSS. Aleph A L Z have ουκ inst...
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...
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. _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...
NO, INDEED. THE WISE GIRLS HAD NONE TO SPARE. No one can give surplus righteousness to another. [Except Jesus, of course.] GO. BUY. Everyone must reach out to Christ with his own faith....
_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...
Acts 8:22; Ezekiel 14:14; Ezekiel 14:20; Isaiah 55:1; Isaiah 55:6;...
Not so, lest, etc. [μ η π ο τ ε ο υ μ η α ρ κ ε σ η]. The Greek does not give the blunt negative of the A. V. It is a more courteous form of refusal, making the reason for refusing to supply the place...
But the wise answered, Lest there be not enough for us and you! — Beginning the sentence with a beautiful abruptness; such as showed their surprise at the state of those poor wretches, who had so long...
Observe here, 1. The wise virgin's denial, NOT SO; they will part with no oil. Learn hence, That it must be the care of every one to get grace of his own, otherwise the grace of others will do him no...