以斯帖記 3:6-7 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

Here we have, I. Haman advanced by the prince, and adored thereupon by the people. Ahasuerus had lately laid Esther in his bosom, but she had no such interest in him as to get her friends preferred, or to prevent the preferring of one who she knew was an enemy to her people. When those that are good become great they still find that they cannot do good, nor prevent mischief, as they would. This Haman was an Agagite (an Amalekite, says Josephus), probably of the descendants of Agag, a common... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 3:7-15

Haman values himself upon that bold and daring thought, which he fancied well became his great spirit, of destroying all the Jews?an undertaking worthy of its author, and which he promised himself would perpetuate his memory. He doubts not but to find desperate and bloody hands enough to cut all their throats if the king will but give him leave. How he obtained leave, and commission to do it, we are here told. He had the king's ear, let him alone to manage him. I. He makes a false and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 3:6

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ,.... That would not be a sufficient gratification of his revenge; he was too low and mean a person only to wreak his vengeance on; nothing short of his whole nation would satisfy him: for they had showed him the people of Mordecai ; that they were the Jews; for Mordecai had told the king's servants, that talked with him on the subject, that he was a Jew, and gave that as a reason why he could not and would not reverence Haman: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 3:7

In the first month, that is the month Nisan ,.... Which was the first month of the sacred year of the Jews, by divine appointment, Exodus 12:2 , and there called Abib, and answers to part of February and part of March; from hence it is clear this book was written by a Jew, and very probably by Mordecai: in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus ; four years and near two months after his marriage of Esther, Esther 2:16 , they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman ; being a Persian... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 3:7

The first month - That is, of the civil year of the Jews. The month Nisan - Answering to a part of our March and April. The twelfth year of king Ahasuerus - According to the chronology in our Bibles, about five hundred and ten years before Christ. They cast Pur , that is , the lot - This appears to be the Hebrew corruption of the pure Persian word pari , which signifies any thing that happens fortuitously. There is an addition here in the Greek... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

Foolish pride and wild resentment. The lesson of this portion of the narrative is one concerning human sin. In some places Scripture seems to depict the character and the conduct of sinners in such a way as to impress the mind of the reader with what is called "the exceeding sinfulness of sin." And what more natural and appropriate than such representations of human iniquity in a book which brings to us the remedy for the disease, and the liberation from the bondage, which afflict mankind?... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:6

He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone . If Haman had simply said to Ahasuerus, "There is one of your menials who persistently disobeys a royal edict, and at the same time insults me," Ahasuerus would, as a matter of course, have told him to put the menial to death. But the revengeful temper of the man was such that this seemed to him insufficient. Mordecai had insulted him as a Jew, and the Jews should pay the penalty. Mordecai should be punished not only in person, but in his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:6

The intemperateness of contempt. "And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone." The projected deed of Haman, if it had been carried to completion, would not have been entirely without precedent and parallels more or less nearly resembling it. Herodotus, in the first book of his history, tells us of a massacre of the Scythians, actually carried into execution, and which preceded by about a hundred years that now proposed by Haman. When Darius Hystaspis ascended the throne, some... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:6

Revenge. I. THE WRATH OF THE WICKED IS REVENGEFUL . The feeling is natural that prompts to retaliation. All human history is blurred by its activity. A Haman could not be offended without seeking to do the offender hurt. In the light of Christian truth it is mean and contemptible, but it is natural, and therefore almost universal. II. THE SPIRIT OF REVENGE IS NECESSARILY UNJUST . It does not measure the evil it contemplates by the injury that has excited it;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 3:7-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 3:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 3:6

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