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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:2

Five of them were wise ( φρο ì νιμοι , Matthew 24:45 ), and five were foolish. The best uncials ( א , B, C, D, L) invert the clauses, in agreement with the order in Matthew 25:3 , Matthew 25:4 . So the Vulgate. In this case the idea would be that the foolish were a more prominent and noticeable class than the others. All the virgins were outwardly the same, were provided with the same lamps, prepared to perform the same office; the difference in their characters is proved... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:2

Signs of wisdom and of folly in the Christian life. "And five of them were wise, and five were foolish." We should not confuse the word "foolish" with the word "wicked." Some were thoughtless, heedless of possibilities; they lived in the present, and could not anticipate. Life is full of emergencies, and he is wise who prepares for all that he can imagine may come. Our Lord frequently impressed the importance of forethought in the Christian life. He had immediately before been counselling... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 25:2-4

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 conduct of those who were “wise” refers to those who are “prepared” for the coming of Christ - prepared by possessing real piety, and not being merely his professed followers. The conduct of those “without” oil expresses the conduct of those who profess to love him, but are destitute of true grace,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 25:2-4

Matthew 25:2-4. 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 No more than kept them burning just for the present. None to supply their future want, to recruit their lamps’ decay. They did not receive or maintain the saving grace of God, did not get or keep faith working by love, an interest in and union with Christ the good olive, or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:1-13

133. The ten girls (Matthew 25:1-13)Matthew 25:0 records three stories or pictures from Jesus, all of which illustrate the teaching he had just given. He would leave the world for an unknown length of time, then return. Those who prepared themselves for his return would enter his kingdom with joy; those who did not would suffer loss. The three passages show three reasons for people’s failure - thoughtlessness, laziness and indifference.A Jewish marriage followed a period of engagement that was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:2

wise = prudent. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 25:2

2. 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"—just as in :- those who reared their house for eternity are distinguished into "wise" and "foolish builders"; because in both cases a certain degree of goodwill towards the truth is assumed. To make anything of the equal number of both classes would, we think, be precarious, save to warn us how large a portion of those who, up to the last, so... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 25:1-13

The parable of the 10 virgins 25:1-13This parable helps disciples understand what it means to await the King’s return with prudence.". . . the point is simply that readiness, whatever form it takes, is not something that can be achieved by a last-minute adjustment. It depends on long-term provision, and if that has been made, the wise disciple can sleep secure in the knowledge that everything is ready." [Note: France, The Gospel . . ., p. 947.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 25:2-5

The five prudent (Gr. phronimoi, cf. Matthew 7:24; Matthew 10:16; Matthew 24:45) virgins represent Jewish disciples who not only anticipated Jesus’ arrival but also prepared for it (cf. Matthew 3:2: Matthew 4:17). The five foolish virgins anticipated it but did not prepare for it. Preparedness is what separated the wise from the foolish."Perhaps their spiritual condition will be analogous to the Jews at the Lord’s first coming. With eyes only for the physical benefits of the kingdom, the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:1-46

The Ten Viegins. The Talents. The Sheep and the GoatsThe 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 peculiar to St. Matthew.1-13. 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 are to be admitted into Christ’s kingdom hereafter. Unless the life of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 25:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 25:2-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 25:2-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 25:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 25:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 25:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 25:1-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 25:2-5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 25:1-46

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