300 : d here only 6, Si of trim. ἐξέρχεσθε εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ."
¢ Ch. iii. 9;
xvi. 8; παρθένοι ἐκεῖναι, καὶ “ ἐκόσμησαν τὰς λαμπάδας αὐτῶν.5
xxiii. 381."
µέσης δὲ νυκτὸς κραυγὴ Ὑέγονεν, Ιδού, & νυµφίος epxerat,!
7. Τότε ἠγέρθησαν πᾶσαι αἱ 8. αἱ δὲ
Rom. viii. μωραὶ ταῖς φρονίµοις εἶπον, Δότε ἡμῖν ἐκ τοῦ ἐλαίου ὑμῶν, ὅτι αἱ
23. 1 0οΟΓ.
xi. 31 (αἱ λαμπάδες ἡμῶν σβέννυνται.
instances
9. “AmexplOncay δὲ ai φρόνιμοι,
of the τε-λέγουσαι, Μήποτε οὐκ” ἀρκέσῃ ἡμῖν καὶ ὑμῖν: πορεύεσθε δὲ δ
flex. pron.
used in ref, μᾶλλον πρὸς τοὺς πωλοῦντας, καὶ ἀγοράσατε " ἑαυταῖς.
to τδί and and pers.),
1Ο. ἆπερ-
2 ερχεται omit NBCDLZ (Tisch., W.H.).
2 Omit αντον NB (Tisch., W.H.).
Σεαντων in NABLZX.
4 ov µη in ΒΟΡΧΔΣ (W.H.), ουκ in QALZ (Tisch., W.H., in margin).
5 The best authorities omit δε.
the former view. His idea of the whole situation is this: the virgins meet at the bride’s house, there wait the announce- ment of the bridegroom’s approach, then for the first time proceed to light their lamps, whereupon the foolish find that there is nothing in the dish except a dry wick, which goes out shortly after being lighted. In favour of this view he adduces the consideration that the other alternative makes the wise too wise, pro- viding for a rare occurrence. Perhaps, but on the other hand Goebel’s view makes the foolish too foolish, and also irrelevantly foolish, for in the case supposed they would have been at fault even if the bridegroom had not tarried. But the very point of the parable is to illustrate the effect of delay. On the various ways of conceiving the situation, vide The Parabolic Teaching of Christ.— Ver. 4. ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις: the wise took oil in the vessels, i.e., in vessels, with an extra supply, distinct from the cups at the top of the torches containing oil.— Ver. 5. χρονίζοντοςτ. ν.: nO reason given for delay, a possibility in natural life, the point on which the spiritual lesson, «δε ready,” hinges. —évierafav, they nodded, aorist, because a transient state ; ἐκάθευδον, and remained for some time in slumber, imperfect, because the state continuous. Carr (Camb. N. T.) cites Plato, Afol. Socr., as illustrating the discriminating use of the two verbs in reference to the two stages of sleep.— πᾶσαι, all, sleep in the circumstances perfectly natural and, everything being ready, perfectly harmless.—Ver. 6. ἰδοὺ 6 vupdios: at length at midnight a cry is raised by some one not asleep—lo / the bridegroom ; laconic, rousing, heard by all sleepers.—é&épxeode els ἀπάντησιν, go forth to meeting: no words that can
be dispensed with here either. Go forth whence? from the bride’s house (Goebel) ; from some inn, or private dwelling on the way, whither they have turned in on finding that the bridegroom tarried (Bleek, Meyer, Weiss). On this point Goebel’s view is to be preferred.—Ver. 7. ἐκόσμησαν, trimmed, or proceeded to trim, for which the imperfect would have been more suitable. In the case of the five foolish it was an action attempted rather than performed, begun rather than completed.—Ver. 8. σβέννυνται, are going out, as in R.V.—Ver. 9. µήποτε, lest, implying, and giving a reason for, an umexpressed declinature. Kypke renders, perhaps, fortasse, citing examples from classics, also Loesner, giving ex- amples from Philo. Elsner suggests that ὁρᾶτε or βλέπετε is understood before µήποτε. Schott, putting a comma after ὑμῖν, and omitting δὲ after πορεύεσθε, translates thus: lest perchance there be not enough for us and you, go rather to them that sell, etc. (‘ne forte oleum neque nobis neque vobis sufficiat, abite potius,” εἴο.).--πορεύεσθε, etc.: this seems a cold, ungenerous suggestion on the part of the wise, and apparently untrue to what was likely to occur among girls atsuch atime. Could the oil really be got at such a time of night? and, supposing it could, would going not throw them out of the festivities? Augustine says: “ποπ consulentium sed irridentium est ista responsio” (Serm. xC., iii.,8). More humanely, in the modern spirit, Koetsveld suggests that the Marriage procession to music and song was very slow, and that there was a fair chance of overtaking it after the pur- chase (De Gelijk., p. 220). Let us hope so; but I fear we must fall back on the fact that ‘‘ sudden emergencies bring