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Mat 25:10. Ἀπερχομένων δὲ αὐτῶν, but whilst they were going) Their danger arose from the circumstance on which they asked advice.[1087]-ΑἹ ἝΤΟΙΜΑΙ, they that were ready) The prudent were ready.[1088]
[1087] They came short of entering by but a little, yet they did come short.-V. g.
[1088] Ἐκλείσθη, was shut) Hardly any one, whilst the door is still open, can realise by thought, how great will be the lamentation of those who shall stand outside when the doors are once shut. How often a mere trifle, as we should think, forms the boundary between wisdom and folly: and yet the decision we come to is of the utmost importance to us. There are-1) those who enjoy an abundant entrance into the eternal kingdom of joy: 2) those who, as it were rescued from shipwreck, are brought to shore: 3) those who are openly hurried along on the broad way to destruction: 4) those who, though having been very close to the obtaining of salvation, yet suffer themselves to lose it. The condition of these last is lamentable above that of all others.-V. g.