Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Matthew 25:31-46 EXEGESIS: MATTHEW 21-25.THE CONTEXT Chapters 23-25 are Jesus' final discourse (lengthy speech) in this Gospel. Matthew 25 begins with another parable upon the same principle. * [25:1–13] Peculiar to Matthew. KJV W/ STRONGS BIBLE - MATTHEW 25 ... Click & Buy Anything from Amazon & Our Ministry Gets a Commission! ? Matthew 24 Matthew 26 Matthew 25:1-3 King James Version (KJV) 25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Read more Share Copy Show footnotes . They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But … Perhaps the five foolish virgins are an analogy for the five physical senses, which we are told not to be guided by them. 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven - That is, the candidates for it, be like ten virgins - The bridemaids on the wedding night were wont to go to the house where the bride was, with burning lamps or torches in their hands, to wait for the bride groom's coming. [3] They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:[4] But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Matthew 25:1 KJV_Strongs (i) 1 G5119 Then G932 shall the kingdom G3772 of heaven G3666 be likened [G5701] G1176 unto ten G3933 virgins G3748 , which G2983 took [G5631] G846 their G2985 lamps G1831 , and went forth [G5627] G529 to meet G1519 G3566 the bridegroom. Matthew 25:1-25 KJV. The Reckoning When the Lord Comes. KJV 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. See the nature of Christianity. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But … [5] While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. To ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom: There were three stages to a Jewish wedding in that day. Matthew 25:1 “ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. The setting is the temple, and the time is early Holy Week—between Palm Sunday and Holy Thursday. 3 They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: John Darby’s Synopsis; Who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Are you ready? When the time for the celebration of the marriage came, the bridegroom came to the house of the bride and brought her by night to his own house. —Matthew 25:1, 2. The meaning is, "When the Son of man returns to judgment, it will be as it was in the case of ten virgins in a marriage ceremony." The future tense is used. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. - Webster's BibleThen will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom.- Weymouth BibleThen the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.- World English BibleThanne the kyngdoom of heuenes schal be lijk to ten virgyns, whiche token her laumpis, and wenten out ayens the hosebonde and the wijf;- Wycliffe Bible`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;- Youngs Literal Bible. b. Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto a ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet b the bridegroom. Matthew 25 The Parable of the Ten Virgins. τοτε adverb tote tot'-eh: the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution) -- that time, then. Wise and foolish virgins. Mat 25:3 : They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: Mat 25:4 : But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Matthew 25:1New King James Version (NKJV) The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins 25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took … Mat 25:1 ¶ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Matthew 25:14-30. * Then: at the time of the parousia. 24:45-51; 25:1-30), the goats and the sheep are Christians of all nations, grazing together until Christ comes in His glory and begins separating the TARES from the WHEAT. The meaning is, "When the Son of man returns to judgment, it will be as it was in the case of ten virgins in a marriage ceremony."