And while they went away (απερχομενων δε αυτων). Present middle participle, genitive absolute, while they were going away, descrip…

Went in with him to the marriage. The marriage feast. The marriage ceremony took place before the bride left her father'…

While they went to buy —These words imply that if they had gone earlier, as the wise virgins, by hypothesis, had done, all would h…

But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. An…

St. John Chrysostom: In the previous parable, the Lord described the punishment of the man who was violent, drunk, and wasted …

The bridegroom comes, the wise virgins enter, and the door is shut. The intense cries of the ill-prepared and foolish latecomers are of no avail. B…

And the door was shut. Finally, it follows that the door of the heavenly kingdom will be shut against all who have not m…

And while they went to buy
The foolish virgins so far took the advice of the wise, as to go forth to buy oil for the…

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 comin…

Here, the discu ion concerned the Lord’s Coming for the Judgment; here, it concerns the Judgment itself. Therefore, this chapter is divided into tw…