Commentary on the book of esther in easy english

Then queen esther answered and said, if i have found favor in your sight, o king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. This is a highly unusual commentary on the book of esther. The book of esther has served the jewish people as support of their national hope and especially so in the days of persecution. Esther overview james burton coffman commentaries on the. He overcame the jews and he took many jews to babylon. We ought particularly to be grateful to our inferiors, and not to think all their services such debts to us but that they make us. Esther commentary scroll down to page 273 for 3 page commentary on esther includes maps seems to be well done. Study the bible online using commentary on esther and more.

Queen esther came to the throne for just such a time 4. Esther is the last of the historical books of the bible, so its main character is named esther that is, venus, the morning star, which sheds its light after all the others stars have ceased to shine, and while the sun still delays to rise. It is one of the five scrolls megillot in the hebrew bible. These free bible study commentaries provide notes and comments versebyverse through bible books.

Ahasuerus makes royal feasts for his nobles and people, esther 1. This commentary has been through advanced checking words in boxes are from the bible. It relates the story of a hebrew woman in persia, born as hadassah but known as esther, who becomes queen of persia and thwarts a genocide. Hence it belongs to the bestknown ot books with the jews and it is also the book, which has the oldest copies. One of the kings chief officials, called haman, hated the jews and he plotted to destroy them. Esther is read during the purim feast on 14th and 15th adar februarymarch. Ahasuerusit is now generally agreed among learned men that the ahasuerus mentioned in this episode is the xerxes who figures in grecian history. Study guide for esther 1 by david guzik blue letter bible. Yet most people today have never heard of john gill.

Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible. Click for a list of futuristic commentaries and sermons on the book of daniel. The whole history of this book in its connected order, with the occurrences in the persian empire at that time, will be found in the introduction. Esther commentary john gills exposition of the bible. The author was a jew, because he where the jewish festival came from and from the jewish inside the story. Although it is never said who wrote the book of esther, from inside evidence it is possible to make some guesses about the author and when it was written. Ahasuerus, not being able to sleep in the night, ordered the book of records to be brought and read to him, where a fact of mordecais was registered, and, upon inquiry, it appeared that nothing had been done to him for it, esther 6. And king ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. Esther 6 commentary john gills exposition on the whole. An easyenglish bible version and commentary 2800 word vocabulary on the book of ezra. They explain scripture and help students learn and understand the meaning and application, while also giving answers for vital questions and issues. The king enquired what honour and dignity had been done to mordecai for this, suspecting that this good service had gone unrewarded, and, like pharaohs butler, remembering it as his fault this day, gen.

Sleep is taken from ahasuerus at precisely the right time 6. So king xerxes spoke with the wise men who understood the laws. Hence it belongs to the bestknown otbooks with the jews and it is also the book, which has the oldest copies. Study guide on the book of esther, on line bible commentary for book of esther, niv commentary esther, free esther commentary, best commentaries on esther. Esther 6 commentary old testament matthew henry st. Esther 1 commentary old testament matthew henry st. The author probably lived in a persian city, because he knew persian customs well, and does not say anything. Thus the deeds of queen esther cast a ray of light forward into israels history from a dark time. For we have been sold, my people and i, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Their names were carshena, shethar, admatha, tarshish, meres, marsena, and. Esther 1 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. Then he searched for another wife who would be the new queen.

Commentaries on prophetic books vary widely in their interpretative approach, and you may not always be able to easily discern their bias. Esther 9 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. You can find the best commentary on esther for you using the tools on the right side. The events that the first chapter of the book of esther describes happened about 483 bc before christ. We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to. Study guide for esther 4 by david guzik blue letter bible. Read esther commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the jews. A word list at the end explains words with a star by them. But esthers uncle mordecai asked esther to speak to the king to save the jews. Vashti is sent for by the king, but refuses to come, esther 1. Thus, the deeds of queen esther cast a ray of light forward into israels history from a dark time. Mordecai is brought into prominence at the right time 6. Pratte, each commentary urges students to honor scripture as the inspired.

Esther 2 chapter 1 several things in this chapter itself are very instructive and of great use. A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of esther. So they hanged haman on the gallows that he had prepared for mordecai as the sentence was short, so the execution was speedy, and he that expected every one to do him reverence is now made an ignominious spectacle to the world on a gallows fifty cubits high. Several things in this chapter itself are very instructive and of great use. Esther is the last of the historical books of the bible, so its main character is named esther that is, venus, the morning star, which sheds its light after all the other stars have ceased to shine, and while the sun still delays rising. Commentary on the book of esther by matthew henry old. Over 100 years earlier, nebuchadnezzar the king of babylon had attacked jerusalem. Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the kings palace any more than all the other jews. Lectures, expository and practical on the book of esther 1859 j r dummelow, ed. God saves the jews esther the book of esther easyenglish bible god is in control esther a commentary by robert bryce short outline of esther. Click list of published revelation commentaries categorized by the predominant interpretative view of the author. Esther commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. An exposition, with practical observations, of the book of esther chapter 1. Now it happened on the third day that esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the kings palace, across from the kings house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house.

Although esther was the queen, mordecai was asking her to do a dangerous thing. An explanatory commentary on esther 1888 college press. The feast was for all the important men who had authority in the kingdom. Now all the acts of his power and his might, and the account of the greatness of mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of media and persia. The book of esther, also known in hebrew as the scroll megillah, is a book in the third section ketuvim, writings of the jewish tanakh the hebrew bible and in the christian old testament. The book of esther has served the jewish people as support of their national hope and especially so. Esther said, i myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days meaning she had not seen her husband for an entire month.