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Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
They all slumbered and slept (ενυσταξαν πασα κα εκαθευδον). They dropped off to sleep, nodded (ingressive aorist) and then went on…
19th Century
Anglican
While the bridegroom tarried — Strictly speaking, the time described here includes the entire interval between our Lord’s Ascensio…
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Baptist
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Oh, how sadly true it is that, sometimes, true saints as well as mere p…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
And while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Some interpret this slumbering in a negative sense, as if believers, along…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
While the bridegroom tarried The space of time here referred to, is either from the ascension of Christ, to his coming to take…
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…
