Ezra 5:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. ”

Ezra 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But in the (e) first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. (e) Read (Ezr_1:1,2).
Ezra 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:24 to Ezra 5:17 . The narrative which was broken off at the end of Ezra 4:5 is now resumed. There is silence regarding the period 536- 520 B.C.; in 516, however, it is said that the bui...
Ezra 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Cyrus. Compare Ezra 1:1 . Babylon. Included now with Persia. Compare Ezra 6:1 . Nehemiah 13:6 .
Ezra 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. In the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon - i:e., the first year in which...
Ezra 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Building of the Temple Recommenced This 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 en...
Ezra 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius.
Ezra 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT Ezra 5:3-17 ; Ezra 6:1-5 IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of s...
Ezra 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Mission of Haggai and Zechariah Ezra 5:1-17 It is necessary to read the books of Haggai and Zechariah to see what difficulties the leaders of the people had to meet, and how much they neede...
Ezra 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A study of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah makes it perfectly evident that the cessation of the work of building was unworthy of the men who had commenced. Judged by all human standards they c...
Ezra 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord had certainly softened the minds of those men, that though they sent an accusation against the people to the king, yet the Lord overruled the inditing of it. When a man's ways please the Lor...
Ezra 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon ,.... That is, the first year he was king of Babylon, having taken it, otherwise he was king of Persia many years before: the same King Cyrus mad...
Ezra 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. Ver. 13. But in the first year of Cyrus ] See Trapp on " Ezr 1:1 "
Ezra 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

After that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven It was to punish us for our sins, that we were, for a time, put out of the possession of this house, and not because the gods of the nations ha...
Ezra 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 an...
Ezra 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Case Represented to Darius. B. C. 519. 3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, gov...
Ezra 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Persian Governor Writes To King Darius Concerning The Building Of The Temple And The Statement Of The Elders Concerning Their Case ( Ezra 5:6-17 ). It should be noted how deliberately the writ...
Ezra 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] i. The work resumed through the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets ( Ezra 5:1-2 ). ii. The workers interrogated by the Persian authorities west of the Eu...
Ezra 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 5:4 . Then said we. Septuagint: “Then said they unto them.” Ezra 5:16 . Since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. The chronology of the Persian...
Ezra 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

The copy of the letter that Tatnai. The letter of the king concerning the work This letter has three chief divisions. I. The inquisition of the Persian authorities. II. The reply of the J...
Ezra 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN . LETTER WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO DARIUS ( Ezra 5:3-15 ). Once more opposition show...
Ezra 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Letter of Inquiry Directed To Darius
Ezra 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 1:1-8 ; Ezra 6:3-5 ; Isaiah 44:28 ; Isaiah 45:1

Ezra 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge