locked door no more portends something good than does the “later, afterward” at the beginning of v. 11*. “Later” the women arrive after the wedding festival has begun and the door is shut; thus they arrive too late. No one cares any more whether they have gotten oil from the dealers. They call out with the words of 7:21*: “Lord, Lord.” That is not the way one speaks to a bridegroom; it is the way one addresses the Son of Man-World Judge. They ask that the locked door be opened.57 At an earthly