Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Five of them were wise - Or, provident, - they took care to make a proper provision beforehand, and left nothing to be done in the last moment.
Five were foolish - , which might be translated careless, is generally rendered foolish; but this does not agree so well with , provident, or prudent, in the first clause, which is the proper meaning of the word. in the Etymologicon, is thus defined, ̔͂ , he who sees not what is proper or necessary. These did not see that it was necessary to have oil in their vessels, (the salvation of God in their souls), as well as a burning lamp of religious profession, Matthew 25:3, Matthew 25:4.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 25:2:
Numbers 27:7
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