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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
They that were foolish took their lamps,.... The Vulgate Latin, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel, read, "the five foolish", whose folly is here exposed; and which lay not merely, or only in taking up the…
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
They that were foolish took their lamps All watch for their Lord, but some only "the wise" with true intensity and with due provision for the watch. The foolish virgins have sufficient oil if the Lord…
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