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New American Standard Bible

Matthew 25:11

"Yet later, the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bridegroom;   Fool;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Judgment;   Kingdom of Heaven;   Opportunity;   Probation;   Procrastination;   Reprobacy;   Resurrection;   Self-Delusion;   Unfaithfulness;   Virgin;   Wisdom;   Women;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afterwards;   Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Delay, Causes of;   Haste-Delay;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Too Late;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Kingdom of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fools;   Parables;   Self-Delusion;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Parable;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Sleep;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fool, Foolishness, Folly;   Watchfulness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Annihilation;   Holiness of God;   Joy;   Judgment, Last;   Meditation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bride;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Esau;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kingdom of God;   Second Coming, the;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Olives, Mount of;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Children;   Claims (of Christ);   Doctrines;   Dominion (2);   Eternal Punishment;   Foolishness;   Imagination;   Incarnation (2);   Lazarus;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Paradox;   Parousia (2);   Praise (2);   Readiness;   Selfishness;   Separation;   Sleep;   Sorrow, Man of Sorrows;   Spiritualizing of the Parables;   Unity (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Matthew, Gospel by;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Folly and Fool;   ḥuppah;   Marriage;   New Testament;   Parable;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for October 16;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us!’
King James Version (1611)
Afterward came also the other virgines, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.
King James Version
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
English Standard Version
Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.'
New Century Version
"Later the others came back and said, ‘Sir, sir, open the door to let us in.'
Amplified Bible
"Later the others also came, and said, 'Lord, Lord, open [the door] for us.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'
Legacy Standard Bible
And later the other virgins also *came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.'
Berean Standard Bible
Later, the other virgins arrived and said, 'Lord, Lord, open the door for us!'
Contemporary English Version
Later the other girls returned and shouted, "Sir, sir! Open the door for us!"
Complete Jewish Bible
Later, the other bridesmaids came. ‘Sir! Sir!' they cried, ‘Let us in!'
Darby Translation
Afterwards come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us;
Easy-to-Read Version
"Later, the other girls came. They said, ‘Sir, sir! Open the door to let us in.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.
George Lamsa Translation
Afterward the other virgins also came and said, Our lord, our lord, open to us.
Good News Translation
"Later the others arrived. ‘Sir, sir! Let us in!' they cried out.
Lexham English Bible
And later the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us!'
Literal Translation
And afterwards, the rest of the virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
American Standard Version
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Bible in Basic English
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.
Hebrew Names Version
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
At last came also those other virgins, saying, Our Lord, our Lord, open to us!
Murdock Translation
And at length came also the other virgins, and said: Our lord, our lord, open to us.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Afterwarde came also the other virgins, saying: Lorde, Lorde, open to vs.
English Revised Version
Afterward come also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
World English Bible
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried, "`Sir, Sir, open the door to us.'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And at the last the othere virgyns camen, and seiden, Lord, lord, opene to vs.
Update Bible Version
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Webster's Bible Translation
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
New English Translation
Later, the other virgins came too, saying, ‘Lord, lord! Let us in!'
New King James Version
"Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, "Lord, Lord, open to us!'
New Living Translation
Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!'
New Life Bible
"Later the foolish women came. They said, ‘Sir, Sir, open the door for us!'
New Revised Standard
Later the other bridesmaids came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, afterwards, came the other virgins also, saying - Lord! Lord! open unto us!
Douay-Rheims Bible
But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.
Revised Standard Version
Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open to us.'
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Afterwardes came also ye other virgins sayinge: master master open to vs.
Young's Literal Translation
and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At ye last came ye other virgins also, and sayde: LORDE LORDE, opo vnto vs.
Mace New Testament (1729)
afterwards came the other virgins likewise, and cry'd,
THE MESSAGE
"Much later, the other virgins, the silly ones, showed up and knocked on the door, saying, ‘Master, we're here. Let us in.'
Simplified Cowboy Version
Later, the dumb girls got back and knocked on the door and said, 'We want to meet you. Can we come in?'

Contextual Overview

1 "Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom. 2 "Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. 3 "For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take extra oil with them; 4 but the prudent ones took oil in flasks with their lamps. 5 "Now while the groom was delaying, they all became drowsy and began to sleep. 6 "But at midnight there finally was a shout: 'Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.' 7 "Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps. 8 "But the foolish virgins said to the prudent ones, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.' 9 "However, the prudent ones answered, 'No, there most certainly would not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.' 10 "But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the groom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saying: Matthew 7:21-23, Hebrews 12:16, Hebrews 12:17

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 7:64 - but it was Isaiah 55:6 - Seek Ezekiel 20:31 - and shall Hosea 8:2 - General Zechariah 7:13 - so Luke 6:46 - General Luke 13:25 - Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you into a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing;
Genesis 16:14
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 17:19
But God said, "No, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you shall name him Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 22:17
indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand, which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis 24:62
Now Isaac had come back from a journey to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the Negev.
Genesis 50:24
Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will assuredly take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Afterwards came also the other virgins,.... The "other five virgins", as the Persic version reads. The "other"; that were only virgins in name, not in reality; they were different from the wise, they were foolish ones; they were other than those that were ready, they were unprepared ones; and in another situation than those that entered in; they were without, they were now separated from the company of the wise virgins, with whom they had been so long; and what was worst of all, they were to be so for ever. These "also came"; from buying oil: they went about, and came just as they went without any; they came to the door of the bridechamber, being desirous to be let in, and hoping to partake of the marriage feast, and join in the solemnity: but alas! they came too late, they came "afterwards"; after the bridegroom was come, after they that were ready had entered in, and after the door was shut;

saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. They do not call him their Lord, for they had no interest in him, nor could they claim any; though the Syriac version reads it, "our Lord, our Lord": they give him the title, and the bare title, without having yielded that obedience, which was due unto him. They double the word, to show their importunity, earnestness, sense of danger, and confusion: this title or character is the rather used, because Christ will then appear more clearly to be Lord and God, and every tongue shall confess him to be such: their request to him is, that he would "open" the door unto them, and let them in: they were sensible that the door was shut, and that none but Christ could open it; they did not at once conclude that their case was desperate, but were willing to hope the door might be opened, through their entreaties, and what they had to say for themselves; for though no pleas or arguments are here mentioned, yet, as elsewhere, such as these will be made by the foolish virgins; namely, prophesying in the name of Christ, casting out devils in his name, doing many wonderful works in his name, hearing his word preached, and eating and drinking in his presence; but all in vain, and to no purpose.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Open unto us - This is not to be understood as implying that any will come after the righteous shall be admitted into the kingdom, and claim admission then. It is a part of the parable to illustrate the general truth inculcated, or to prepare the way for what is afterwards said, and to keep up the narrative and make it consistent.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 25:11. Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord — Earnest prayer, when used in time, may do much good: but it appears, from this parable, that there may come a time when prayer even to Jesus may be too late! - viz. when the door is shut - when death has separated the body and the soul.


 
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