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Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 25:1
The End of the World
SUMMARY OF MATTHEW 25: The Ten Virgins. The Foolish Who Took No Oil.
The Bridegroom Comes. The Doors Shut on the Foolish Virgins. Watch
Therefore. The Parable of the Talents. The Manner of Using. The
Reckoning When the Lord Comes. The Day of Judgment Portrayed. The
Gathering of the Nations. The Great Separation. The Blessedness of
Those on the Right Hand. The Awful Fate of Those on the Left. The
Ground of the Separation. The Everlasting Punishment and Life
Eternal.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened. The third question
asked by the disciples, (Matthew 24:3), was about the end of the world.
This whole chapter is an answer. The future tense is used. In most of
the parables of the kingdom the present is used, because they describe
its earthly features. This, however, portrays the closing events, the
judgment, the closing of the heavenly gates.
To ten virgins. No significance attaches to the number, nor to the
fact that they are virgins. The bridesmaids of a maiden at marriage are
maidens.
Who took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. The
whole imagery of the parable is drawn from Eastern marriage customs.
The betrothal, which took place some time before the marriage, was a
kind of solemn marriage contract, but preliminary to its final
consummation. 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. The virgin bridesmaids awaited his coming and
attended the bride to the marriage feast.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 25:1
Mark 13:37
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