Matthew 25:1 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 25:1

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

KJV

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

This parable of the ten foolish and the ten wise virgins, some interpret literally of virgins, of whom there are according to the Apostle some who are virgins both in body and in thought, (1 Cor. 7.) others who have preserved indeed their bodies virgin, but have not the other deeds of virgins, or have only been preserved by the guardianship of parents, but have wedded in their hearts. But from what has gone before, I think the meaning to be different, and that the parable has reference not to virgins only, but to the whole human race.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Then shall the kingdom of heaven - See the notes at Mat 3:2. The phrase here refers to his coming in the day of judgment. Shall be likened - Or shall resemble. 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 coming of Christ to receive his people to himself is often represented under the similitude of a marriage, the church being represented as his spouse or bride.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
ὁμοιωθήσεται	homoiōthēsetai	will be likened	G3666 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
οὐρανῶν	ouranōn	heavens	G3772 →
δέκα	deka	to ten	G1176 →
παρθένοις	parthenois	virgins	G3933 →
αἵτινες	aitines	who	G3748 →
λαβοῦσαι	labousai	having taken	G2983 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
λαμπάδας	lampadas	lamps	G2985 →
ἑαυτῶν	he'autōn	their own	G1438 →
ἐξῆλθον	exēlthon	went forth	G1831 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
ὑπάντησιν	hupantēsin	meet	G5222 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
νυμφίου.	numphiou	bridegroom.	G3566 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
leads to
- Revelation 21:9
  Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
- Revelation 21:2
  I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 19:9
  Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:2
  I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Matthew 22:2
  “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
Through
John 3:29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
leads to
- Isaiah 54:5
  For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Ephesians 5:25–27
  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Hosea 2:19
  So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.