There is a cry (κραυγη γεγονεν). A cry has come. Dramatic use of the present perfect (second perfect active) indicative, not the p…

At midnight. Later than was the usual custom, and hence they had fallen asleep.

A cry made. Of those who were coming with …

At midnight—The hour was obviously later than the virgins had expected, and in this, we may see a subtle suggestion of a similar d…

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lam…

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

At midnight (a symbol of the end of time) “the cry rang out.” All the virgins wake up and trim their lamps; but the lamps of the foolish virgins qu…

At midnight a cry arose. With respect to the cry, I view it as taken metaphorically for His sudden arrival; for we know that when…

And at midnight there was a cry made ;
&c.] Which is no other than the following notice of the bridegroom's coming, …

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…