Matthew 25:7
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.”
τότε
Then, at that time. Tote. Scripture marks moments when everything shifts: then the disciples understood, then the end will come. God works in ordered time. Pay attention to what follows "then."
ἐγείρω
arose
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ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
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παρθένος
virgins
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παρθένος
Virgin, pure maiden, unmarried woman. Parthenos. The virgin birth of Christ fulfilled ancient prophecy and inaugurated a new kind of beginning. God often starts his greatest works from a place of pure waiting.
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ἐκεῖνος
those
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ἐκεῖνος
That one, that very one. Ekeînos. Scripture uses this word to point with precision, as in "that day" or "that hour" which no one knows. When God points, pay attention to what he is singling out.
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κοσμέω
trimmed
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κοσμέω
Adorn, put in order. Kosméō. God's people are called to adorn the gospel through righteous living, not merely outward decoration. Let your life make the teaching beautiful.
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λαμπάς
lamps
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λαμπάς
Lamp, torch, burning light. Lampás. The ten virgins each carried a lampás into the night, but only those with oil kept theirs burning. Tend your flame before darkness falls.
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ἑαυτοῦ
their own.
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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