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Sleeping Isn't the Main Point
Commentators emphasize that "all" the virgins slept, both wise and foolish. This detail is not meant to assign blame for sleeping. Instead, as scholars like Albert Barnes and the Expositor's Bible Commentary note, it sets the stage for the true test: being prepared for the bridegroom's unexpected arrival, which is the parable's central lesson.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 25:5
18th Century
Theologian
The bridegroom tarried. That is, while they waited for him. It was uncertain at what time he would come. He delayed longer than they expec…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 25:5
They all slumbered and slept (ενυσταξαν πασα κα εκαθευδον). They dropped off to sleep, nodded (ingressive aorist) and then went on…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 25:5
19th Century
Preacher
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Oh, how sadly true it is that, sometimes, true saints as well as mere p…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 25:5
The “wise” (GK 5861) are called such because they are prepared for the bridegroom’s delayed coming. Both wise and “foolish” (GK 3704) wait and doze…
John Calvin
On Matthew 25:5
16th Century
Theologian
And while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Some interpret this slumbering in a negative sense, as if believers, along…
John Gill
On Matthew 25:5
17th Century
Pastor
While the bridegroom tarried
The space of time here referred to, is either from the ascension of Christ, to his coming to take…
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…