Ezra 7:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. ”

Ezra 7:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PART II (Ezra 7-10). The Work of Ezra. Ezra 7:1-10 . Ezra's Genealogy; his Return to Palestine. Ezra 7:1 . Now after these things: i.e. those recorded as having taken place in the sixth ye...
Ezra 7:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

to teach in Israel. This was the chief duty of priests. See note on Deuteronomy 33:10 . Israel. Judah contained representatives of the whole Nation. See note on 1 Kings 12:7 .
Ezra 7:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it , and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. Ezra had prepared his heart - Here is a fine character of a minister of God...
Ezra 7:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord ... His reign...
Ezra 7:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Journey of Ezra to Jerusalem 1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to the seventh year of Art...
Ezra 7:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

F or Ezra had prepared his heart. — It must be remembered that the providence of God over him immediately precedes — not as the reward of his preparing his heart, but as the reason of it. First, he...
Ezra 7:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EZRA THE SCRIBE Ezra 7:1-10 ALTHOUGH the seventh chapter of Ezra begins with no other indication of time than the vague phrase "Now after these things," nearly sixty years had elapsed between t...
Ezra 7:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Missionary Journey Ezra 7:1-18 An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1-22 and Ezra 7:1-28 , and in that time the history recorded in the book of Esther took pl...
Ezra 7:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very gre...
Ezra 7:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We ought to pause over this account, short as it is, of Ezra's character. A scribe was one conversant with the Scriptures; and as Ezra was a ready scribe, and had dedicated himself particularly to th...
Ezra 7:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord ,.... To attain to the knowledge of it, that he might be master of it, and expert in it, and know what was not to be done, and what to be...
Ezra 7:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do [it], and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. Ver. 10. For Ezra had prepared his heart ] Which, without due preparatio...
Ezra 7:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For Ezra had prepared his heart , &c. He had set his mind and affections upon it, and made it his chief business. To seek the law of the Lord To search and find out the true sense and meaning...
Ezra 7:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM (vv. 1-10) These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this, verses 11 to 26 q...
Ezra 7:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra's Arrival at Jerusalem. B. C. 457. 1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxe...
Ezra 7:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra had prepared his heart, or, directed , &c., i.e. he had set his mind and affections upon it, and made it his chief design and business. To seek the law, i.e. to search and find out the...
Ezra 7:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra Comes To Jerusalem ( Ezra 7:1-10 ). Almost sixty years after the completion of the Temple, Ezra arrived in Jerusalem as an Expert in the Law of Moses, eager to teach it to the worshippers of...
Ezra 7:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation wh...
Ezra 7:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 7:1 . Ezra the son, or grandson of Seraiah. His genealogy was of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in...
Ezra 7:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra the son of Seraiah. Ezra the distinguished Consider Ezra, as-- I. A man of distinguished ancestry. II. A man of distinguished attainments. III. A man in the enjoyment of distingui...
Ezra 7:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART II . SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA . 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES , AND RETURN UNDER EZRA , WITH THE NUMBERS OF THOSE WHO...
Ezra 7:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Journey of Ezra and his Company
Ezra 7:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:18 ; 1 Samuel 7:3 ; 1 Timothy 3:2 ; 2 Chronicles 12:14 ; 2 Chronicles 17:8 ; 2 Chronicles 17:9 ; 2 Chronicles 19:3 ; 2 Chronicles 30:22 ; 2 Timothy 4:2 ; Acts 1:1 ; Deutero...
Ezra 7:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To teach — The order of things in this verse is very observable; first he endeavours to understand God's law and word, and that not for curiosity or ostentation, but in order to practice: next he c...

Ezra 7:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 7:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 7:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 7:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 7:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 7:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 7:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 7:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 7:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 7:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 7:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 7:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 7:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezra 7:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 7:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes