Matthew 25:10

Matthew 25:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was locked.

Context of Matthew 25:10

8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ 9“ ‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. 11“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’ 12“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

Matthew 25:10 word by word

ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἀγοράσαι ἦλθεν ὁ νυμφίος, καὶ αἱ ἕτοιμοι εἰσῆλθον μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς γάμους, καὶ ἐκλείσθη ἡ θύρα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• whileἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• to buyἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
• the bridegroomνυμφίοςnumphios · bridegroomG3566
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• they that were readyἕτοιμοςhetoimos · readyG2092
• went inεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the marriageγάμοςgamos · weddingG1062
• the doorθύραthura · doorG2374
• was shutκλείωkleiō · to shutG2808

Cross-references for Matthew 25:10

• Matthew 25:6“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
• Revelation 1:7“Look, he is coming with the clouds,” and “every eye will see him, even those who pierced him”; and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.” So shall it be! Amen.
• Revelation 22:12“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
• Matthew 25:20The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
• Amos 8:12People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.
• Luke 12:36like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
• Colossians 1:12and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.
• 2 Timothy 4:8Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
• 1 Peter 1:13Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.
• Genesis 7:16The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
• Numbers 14:28So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:
• Psalms 95:11So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
• Luke 13:25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
• Hebrews 3:18And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?
• Revelation 22:11Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”

Commentaries on Matthew 25:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10While they went to buy, the bridegroom came - What a dismal thing it is, not to discover the emptiness of one's heart of all that is good, till it is too late to make any successful application for relief! God alone knows how many are thus deceived. And they that were ready - They who were prepared - who had not only a burning lamp of an evangelical profession, but had oil in their vessels, the faith that works by love in their hearts, and their lives…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Went in with him to the marriage - The “marriage-feast.” The marriage ceremony took place before the bride left her father‘s house, but a feast was given at the house of her husband, which was also called the “marriage,” or a part of the marriage solemnities. This part of the parable doubtless represents the entrance of those who “are ready,” or prepared, into the kingdom of God, when the Son of man shall come. They will be ready who have repented of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13This parable confirms the need to be alert and ready for Christ's return (Matthew 25:13; see also Luke 12:35–36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. And while they went to buy, the Bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut--They are sensible of their past folly; they have taken good advice: they are in the act of getting what alone they lacked: a very little more, and they also are ready. But the Bridegroom comes; the ready are admitted; "the door is shut," and they are undone. How graphic and appalling this picture of one almost saved--but…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 25:10

• Bridegroom
• Door
• Fool
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judgment
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Marriage
• Opportunity
• Probation
• Procrastination
• Reprobacy
• Resurrection
• Unfaithfulness
• Virgin
• Wisdom
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Banquet
• Bride
• Cry
• Depart
• Hard
• Judgment, The final
• Ought
• Parable
• Reckon
• Talent

Commentaries on Matthew 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings