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Gill's Exposition
And five of them were wise,.... The order of these words is inverted in some versions, as in the Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic, and in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, which read, "and five of them were…
And five of them were wise - . The words “wise and foolish,” here, refer only to their conduct; in regard to the oil. The one part was “wise” in taking oil, the other “foolish” in neglecting it. The…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
wise The word is used of prudence or practical intelligence, a characteristic of the steward, ch. Mat 24:45, and Luk 16:8.
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