Are going out (σβεννυντα). Present middle indicative of linear action, not punctiliar or aoristic. When the five foolish virgins l…

Our lamps are gone out — It is better translated, as noted in the margin of some Bibles, are going out. They were not yet…

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil;

Ah, me! now they began to value what they had previously despised. They wer…

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…

And the foolish said to the wise. This is a reproof of the late repentance of those who never think of what they lack, until the door …

And the foolish said unto the wise, give us of your oil
A graceless person may be able to see the grace of God in ot…

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…