Esther 3:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? ”

Esther 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3. Haman, to Avenge a Slight Put on Him by Mordecai, Persuades the King to Order a Massacre of the Jews. The Grand Vizier Haman, Heb. calls a descendant of that mysterious people, the Amalek...
Esther 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
Esther 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? No JFB commentary on these verses.
Esther 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Haman's Revengeful Design Against the Jews 1. The Agagite] It has been suggested that the name is an epithet meant to recall the Amalekite Agag hewn in pieces by Samuel ( 1 Samuel 15:33 ), and int...
Esther 3:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HAMAN Esther 3:1-6 ; Esther 5:9-14 ; Esther 7:5-10 HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for he...
Esther 3:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Race Prejudice Breeds Hatred Esther 3:1-15 Josephus says that Agagite means a descendant of Agag, the common name for the kings of the Amalekites, Numbers 24:7 . It is probably that something...
Esther 3:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this section we have a picture of the procedure of government in the court of the king. Haman was promoted to supreme authority, and the portrait of the man is naturally and vividly presented to u...
Esther 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. (3) Then the k...
Esther 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate ,.... Observing the behaviour of Mordecai towards Haman from time to time: said unto Mordecai, why transgressest thou the king's commandment...
Esther 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the king's servants, which [were] in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? Ver. 3. Then the king's servants, &c.] See Esther 3:2 . Said u...
Esther 3:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HAMAN'S ADVANCEMENT AND CONSPIRACY (vv. 1-15) After this (though we are not told how long after) King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, an Agagite, to a position above all the princes (v. 1).Agag had be...
Esther 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Haman's Malignant Proposal. B. C. 510. 1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote H...
Esther 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Esther 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 3:1 . After these things] After the events related in the former chapter. The twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, five years after Esther 2:16 , but here somewhat so...
Esther 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 3:1 . Haman the Agagite. All the kings of Amalek received the name of Agag. This man is thought, by most critics, to have been of the seed- royal of that devoted nation, who bitterly hated...
Esther 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman. The prosperous wicked man Matthew Henry says : “I wonder what the king saw in man that was commendable or meritorious? It is plain that he...
Esther 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION MORDECAI , BY WANT OF RESPECT , OFFENDS HAMAN , AHASUERUS ' CHIEF MINISTER . HAMAN , IN REVENGE , RESOLVES TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE NATION OF THE JEWS...
Esther 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Haman Plans Revenge Against Mordecai
Esther 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 3:2 ; Exodus 1:17 ; Matthew 15:2 ; Matthew 15:3

Esther 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 3:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 3:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 3:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge