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A Rejection of Relationship
Commentators unanimously explain that when the bridegroom says "I know you not," it is not a statement of ignorance but of relationship. It means "I do not approve of you" or "I do not acknowledge you as my friends." As Albert Barnes and Charles Spurgeon note, this divine knowledge is always tied to affection and a loving, approved relationship, which was absent with the foolish virgins.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 25:12
18th Century
Theologian
I know you not. You were not in the company of those who attended me to the marriage feast, and are unknown to me. Applied to professing C…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 25:12
I know you not (ουκ οιδα υμας). Hence there was no reason for special or unusual favours to be granted them. They must abide the c…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 25:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
“The other virgins” were not “ready” when the bridegroom came, and…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 25:12
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
On Matthew 25:12
17th Century
Pastor
But he answered and said
The Lord and bridegroom from within, thought fit to give them an answer, but an unexpected and awful …
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 25:1–13
17th Century
Minister
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
On Matthew 25:1–13
13th Century
Philosopher
Here, the discussion concerned the Lord’s Coming for the Judgment; here, it concerns the Judgment itself. Therefore, this chapter is divided into t…