The wedding party ( all those virgins) immediately began to prepare their lamps for lighting. At midnight a cry was heard: “Behold, the bridegroom is coming”…all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps: At an unexpected hour the bridegroom came for the wedding. Oil in their vessels: The wise maidens had an extra supply of oil.ĭ. “Their torches consisting of a wooden staff held in the hand, with a dish at the top, in which was a piece of cloth or rope dipped in oil or pitch.” (Bruce) “It is apparently a torchlight procession, the lamps probably being ‘torches’ (of oil-soaked rags wrapped on a stick) rather than standing lamps, which are described by a different word in Matthew 5:15 and 6:22 the word used here regularly means ‘torch’.” (France) But they really were not ready, because they took no oil with them.
Took their lamps and took no oil with them: The five foolish virgins appeared to be ready for the bridegroom, because they had their lamps in hand. Slumbered and slept: “‘Nodded off and were sound asleep’ would get the sense of the Greek tenses.” (France)Ĭ. “They are waiting to escort the bridegroom in festal procession, probably in the last stage of the ceremonies as he brings his bride home for the wedding feast.” (France) In this parable both the wise and foolish maidens slept, but the wise ones were prepared to act immediately when they were unexpectedly awakened. While the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept: All ten of the maidens slept, because the bridegroom was delayed. “Foolish, wise, not bad and good, but prudent and imprudent, thoughtless and thoughtful.” (Bruce)ī. Some in the wedding party were foolish and unprepared. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish: Some in the wedding party were wise and prepared for the coming of the bridegroom. Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.”Ī. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding and the door was shut. And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming go out to meet him!’ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. “Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. (2-13) The young women caught unprepared are denied entry. This would be a bold figure for Him to use, as the Old Testament frequently describes God (not the Messiah) as the bridegroom, and Israel as the bride (Isaiah 54:4-5 62:5 Jeremiah 2:2 Hosea 1-3, etc.).” (France) 2. “To see the bridegroom as Jesus himself seems warranted in light of Matthew 9:15. Now the wedding party ( the ten virgins) waits for the coming of the bridegroom for the bride. Went to meet the bridegroom: In this parable, the first two stages have already taken place. “The point is not these girls’ virginity, which is assumed, but simply that they are ten (a favorite round number…) maidens invited to the wedding.” (Carson)Ĭ. Reportedly, Talmudic authorities said there were usually ten lamps in a bridal procession. Some ask why Jesus described ten virgins and not another number. “When the bridegroom came, the bride-maids, who were attending the bride, went forth to meet the bridegroom, with lamps lighted, to conduct him and his companions into the house, and to her who was to be the bride.” (Poole) The third was marriage – approximately one year later when the bridegroom came at an unexpected time for his bride. The second was betrothal – the ceremony where mutual promises are made. The first was engagement – a formal agreement made by the fathers. 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 begins with another parable upon the same principle.ī. Then the kingdom of heaven: Matthew 24 ended with a parable meant to emphasize the idea of readiness for the coming of Jesus. “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.”Ī.
(1) Ten virgins go out to meet a bridegroom at a wedding.
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