Mateus 25

Mateus 25

Barclay - Moros also means fool, but the man who is moros is the man who is a moral fool. He is the man who is playing the fool… To call a man moros was not to criticise his mental ability; it was to cast aspersions on his moral character; it was to take his name and reputation from him, and to brand him as a loose-living and immoral person. (Matthew 5 - William Barclay's Daily Study Bible) Prudent (wise, shrewd) (5429) phronimos from phroneo = think, have a mindset related to phren = diaphragm, regarded by ancients as seat of mental and spiritual activity, came to mean mind or understanding) is an adjective which describes one who is thoughtful, sagacious or discreet. It describes the quality of one's thinking which is the result of insight and stands in opposition to moros which means foolish. The idea is that there is understanding combined with wisdom and insight. Phronimos implies a cautious, sensible, prudent character and in Mt 10:16+ refers to one as "shrewd" as a serpent. One who is shrewd has clever discerning awareness, acute perception and sharp powers of judgment. Phronimos also includes the ideas of one who is prudent, sensible and practically wise in relationships with others. There is a type of phronimos that is desirable (eg, here in Mt 7:24, 10:16, et al) and a type that is not desirable (Ro 11:26, 12:16) this latter describing the person who relies on their own innate wisdom. Phronimos - 14x/14v - more shrewd(1), prudent(5), sensible(2), shrewd(1), wise(4), wise men(1). Matt. 7:24; Matt. 10:16; Matt. 24:45; Matt. 25:2; Matt. 25:4; Matt. 25:8; Matt. 25:9; Lk. 12:42; Lk. 16:8; Rom. 11:25; Rom. 12:16; 1 Co. 4:10; 1 Co. 10:15; 2 Co. 11:19 Matthew 25:3 “For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, KJV Matthew 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: NKJ Matthew 25:3 "Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, NET Matthew 25:3 When the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra olive oil with them. BGT Matthew 25:3 αἱ γὰρ μωραὶ λαβοῦσαι τὰς λαμπάδας αὐτῶν οὐκ ἔλαβον μεθ᾽ ἑαυτῶν ἔλαιον. CSB Matthew 25:3 When the foolish took their lamps, they didn't take olive oil with them. ESV Matthew 25:3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, NIV Matthew 25:3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. NLT Matthew 25:3 The five who were foolish didn't take enough olive oil for their lamps, YLT Matthew 25:3 they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil; MIT Matthew 25:3 The happy-go-lucky ones took along their lamps, but they did not take a supply of olive oil with them. NJB Matthew 25:3 the foolish ones, though they took their lamps, took no oil with them, NRS Matthew 25:3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; RSV Matthew 25:3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; NAB Matthew 25:3 The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, GWN Matthew 25:3 The foolish bridesmaids took their lamps, but they didn't take any extra oil. BBE Matthew 25:3 For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them. foolish: Mt 23:25,26 Isa 48:1,2 58:2 Eze 33:3 2Ti 3:5 Heb 12:15 Rev 3:1,15,16 A FOOLISH MOVE - TAKING LAMPS WITHOUT OIL For (gar) - Term of explanation. Learn to practice the discipline of pausing to ask the simple question, "What is the writer explaining?" This discipline will force you to observe the preceding context. I would submit that in effect when you practice this discipline, you are carry out what I would refer to as a "mini-meditation" and we know God always blesses meditation on His Word (Joshua 1:8+, Ps 1:2-3+). In this case the answer is straightforward, as Jesus explains why these fiver virgins were called foolish in Mt 25:2. When the foolish (moros) took their lamps (lampas), they took no (ou - absolutely no) oil (elaion) with them - While the lamps of the foolish virgins looked identical to the prudent virgins, they had a costly difference. As the parable unfolds the description of foolish or prudent is based on whether one had oil for their lamps, in preparation for an unknown length of delay until return the bridegroom comes. These foolish virgins depict professing believers who have never been born again. Thus in context of no oil for their lamps, they were in "spiritual darkness" so to speak. John