Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you (μηποτε ου μη αρκεσε ημιν κα υμιν). There is an elliptical construction here …

Not so — These words, as the italics indicate, are not in the Greek. They are perhaps necessary to complete the sense in English, …

No believer has more grace than he needs; "the wise" virgins had no oil to give away. They gave the best advice they could under the circumstances,…

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…

Lest there be not enough for you and us. We know that the Lord distributes His gifts so variously to each, according to their measure, so …

But the wise answered, saying, not so
A flat denial; and which sprung not from want or compa ion; for the saints are…

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…