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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Then all these virgins arose,.... Not out of their graves; for the righteous and wicked will not rise together; the dead in Christ will rise first, and this first resurrection will not be till Christ…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Trimmed their lamps - Burning until midnight, the oil was exhausted: they gave a dim and obscure light. They trimmed them by removing the burnt parts of the linen or the torch, so that they would burn…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
trimmed their lamps By addition of oil, and by clearing the fibres with a needle.
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