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35. ἔστωσαν ὑμῶν αἱ ὀσφύες περιεζωσμέναι. Without a girdle active service is impossible in the loose flowing dress of the East (Exo 12:11; 1Ki 18:46); and spiritually, for the Christian amid worldly entanglements, 1Pe 1:13; Eph 6:14. Comp. the Latin praecincti, and Milton’s “His habit fit for speed succinct.” Par. Lost, III. 643.
οἱ λύχνοι καιόμενοι. The germ of the Parable of the Ten Virgins, Mat 25:1.