E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 8:8
liketh = pleaseth. Compare Esther 3:11 . may no man reverse. But Compare Esther 3:12 , and see App-23 . read more
以斯帖记 8:7-12 Cunpss
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 8:9
commanded unto = charged. Hebrew. zavah. See note on "law", Esther 3:2 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 8:10
posts on horseback = couriers on horseback. Haman's "posts" were runners on foot (Esther 3:13 , Esther 3:15 ), hut speed was now essential. See Esther 9:1 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 8:11
their life = themselves. Hebrew. nephesh. destroy . . . slay . . . perish. Figure of speech Synonymia , for emphasis. See note on Esther 3:13 . power = force. Hebrew. hayil, as in Esther 1:3 . Not shalat = mastery, as in Esther 9:1 ; or tokeph = authority, as in Esther 9:29 . little ones. These were spared, notwithstanding. Compare Esther 9:6 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 8:12
thirteenth. See note on Esther 3:12 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Esther 8:7
UNABLE TO REVERSE THE DECREE; THE KING DID THE NEXT BEST THING"Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew. Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.""I have given Esther... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Esther 8:9
A COUNTER-EDICT WAS SENT FORTH BY MORDECAI"Then were the king's scribes called at Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof, and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Esther 8:10
Esther 8:10. And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, &c.— Josephus has given us a true copy, as he says, of this decree, or, as he terms it, of the letters which Artaxerxes sent to all the nations which lie between India and Ethiopia; wherein he represents the abuse which favourites are wont to make of their power and credit with their prince, by insulting their inferiors, flying in the face of those who raised them, and, to gratify their resentments, calumniating the innocent, and... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Esther 8:8
8. Write . . . in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring—Hence it is evident that the royal ring had a seal in it, which, being affixed to any document, authenticated it with the stamp of royal authority. which . . . may no man reverse—This is added as the reason why he could not comply with the queen's request for a direct reversal or recall of Haman's letters; namely, that the laws of the Medes and Persians, once passed, were irrevocable. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 8:7
gallows. See note on Esther 5:14 . read more