10And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. …
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Here, I. That in general which is to be illustrated is, the kingdom of heaven , the state of things under the gospel, the external kingdom of Christ, and the administration and success of it. Some of Christ’s parables had shown us what it is like now in the present reception of it, as Matt. 13:1-52 This tells us what it shall be like, when the mystery of God shall be finished, and that kingdom del…
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