Ezra 5:8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezra 5:1-17

The temple completed (5:1-6:22)Having given examples of anti-Jewish activity from another era, the writer returns to the time of Zerubbabel. Because of opposition from their enemies, the Jews did no work on the temple for about sixteen years. Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah began to stir up the people to get them working on the building once more (5:1-2).Some local people must have objected to the renewed activity, and soon a group of officials arrived at the scene to question the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezra 5:8

province. Compare Nehemiah 1:3 . great = rolling: i.e. too heavy to be moved without rolling. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezra 5:8

8. the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones—literally, "stones of rolling"; that is, stones of such extraordinary size that they could not be carried—they had to be rolled or dragged along the ground. 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 5:8

(8) To the house of the great God.—A solemn tribute to the God of the Jews, which, however, the decree of Cyrus enables us to understand in this official document. Tatnai probably dwelt at Damascus, and when he went to Jerusalem was deeply impressed. But he only gives a statement of the progress which he observed in the Temple. “The walls here are the walls within the Temple, not the city walls. 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

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