エズラ記 5:6-7 JC

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 5:6

Tatnai. His name has been recently found in a contract. Apharsachites. See note on Ezra 4:9 . read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezra 5:6

GOVERNOR TATTENAI'S LETTER TO DARIUS I"The copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius the king; they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: Unto Darius the king, all peace. Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goeth on... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezra 5:6-17

Tattenai’s letter 5:6-17In contrast to Rehum and Shimshai’s letter to Artaxerxes (Ezra 4:11-16), Tattenai’s letter to Darius was fair and objective. He gave no indication of wanting to stop the Jews’ project. He only wanted to know if Cyrus had really given permission for the Jews to rebuild the temple and if Darius wanted that edict to stand.The record of this letter in the text shows that high-ranking government officials had observed God’s care of His chosen people. This would have... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 5:1-17

The Building of the Temple RecommencedThis chapter gives an account of a renewed attempt to rebuild the Temple, and recites a letter from the Persian officials in Judæa to the Persian court to enquire whether the Jews had leave to proceed with the work.1. Then the prophets] The hostility of their neighbours (Ezra 4:4-5), coupled with disastrous seasons (Haggai 1:10-11; Haggai 2:17), had so discouraged the people that they said ’The time is not come for the Lord’s house to be built’ (Haggai... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 5:3-17

(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezra 5:6

(6) The copy of the letter.—This letter of Tatnai is introduced much in the same way as Helium’s; but its dispassionateness and good faith are in striking contrast with the latter.Apharsachites.—Probably here the same as the Apharsites before, and suggesting some kind of Persian guard. But the reason of their introduction specifically here is obscure. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Ezra 5:3-17

NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRITEzra 5:3-17; Ezra 6:1-5IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of sunshine fall on his page-in his brief notice of the inspiriting mission of the two prophets-than he is compelled to plunge his narrative again into gloom. But he shows that there was now a new spirit in the Jews, so that they were prepared to meet opposition in a more manly fashion. If their jealous... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezra 5:1-17

CHAPTER 5 1. The prophetic ministry of Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 5:1 ) 2. The result of their ministry (Ezra 5:2 ) 3. Tatnai’s interference (Ezra 5:3-5 ) 4. The letter to Darius (Ezra 5:6-17 ) Ezra 5:1 . At that critical time when the enemy seemed to have triumphed, and they were losing their interest, God graciously intervened by sending them His two messengers the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. Their great prophetic messages will be more fully taken up in our annotations on the... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 5:1-17

WORK RESUMED AND OPPOSITION RESUMED (vv. 1-5) The initiative for resuming the work had come from the Lord who moved the prophets Haggai and Zechariah to speak in His name to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem. Haggai's prophecy is recorded in the book bearing his name, which begins, "In the second year of King Darius on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Ezra 5:1-17

BACK TO THE HOMELAND CYRUS’ PROCLAMATION (Ezra 1:0 ) Babylon has had its days, and with its downfall has come that of the Assyrian Empire. The Medes and Persians, with Cyrus at their head, are now in power, and in the providence of God, Daniel, the Jewish prophet and statesman, has influence at this court, as in that of Nebuchadnezzar. By a study of the earlier prophets, especially Jeremiah, he has become aware that the time is nigh for the captivity of Judah to end and his people to... read more