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While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
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The Door Will Be Shut
Commentators unanimously stress the finality of this moment. The Greek verb for "was shut" implies it was shut to stay shut. This signifies the end of all opportunity for the unprepared. Scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Spurgeon explicitly state there is no room for preparation or repentance after the Bridegroom arrives; the time for salvation is now.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Went in with him to the marriage. The marriage feast. The marriage ceremony took place before the bride left her father'…
And while they went away (απερχομενων δε αυτων). Present middle participle, genitive absolute, while they were going away, descrip…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
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…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
And the door was shut. Finally, it follows that the door of the heavenly kingdom will be shut against all who have not m…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the discussion concerned the Lord’s Coming for the Judgment; here, it concerns the Judgment itself. Therefore, this chapter is divided into t…
