Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
And while they went away (aperxomenwn de autwn). Present middle participle, genitive absolute, while they were going away, descriptive linear action. Picture of their inevitable folly.
Was shut (ekleisqh). Effective aorist passive indicative, shut to stay shut.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 25:10:
Luke 12:35
2 Corinthians 9:5
Revelation 3:7
Revelation 3:20
Revelation 22:11
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