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Afterward (υστερον). And find the door shut in their faces.
Lord, Lord, open to us (Κυριε, Κυριε, ανοιξον …
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Open to us. This is not to be understood as implying that anyone will come after the righteous shall be admitted into the kingdom, and cla…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
And they that were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the door was shut.
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying,
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. John Chrysostom: In the previous parable, the Lord described the punishment of the man who was violent, drunk, and wasted …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
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…
John Gill
JohnGill
Afterwards came also the other virgins
The "other five virgins", as the Persic version reads. The "other"; that were…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson