Ezra 7:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. ”

• Ezra 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Decree of Artaxerxes. This decree granted a further return of exiles for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception of the introductory words of Ezra 7:11 , this section is...

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• Ezra 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  the scribe... a scribe . a perfect scribe. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6).

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• Ezra 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

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• Ezra 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. T...

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• Ezra 7:11 - 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...

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• Ezra 7:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Even a scribe. — In the case of Ezra the function of scribe was more important than that of priest. The word scribe originally meant the writer or copier of the law; but now it meant the exposito...

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• Ezra 7:11 - 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...

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• Ezra 7:11 - 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...

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• Ezra 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Now this is the copy of the letter that the King Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest ,.... This title relating to his office is justly given him, since he was the son of an high priest, and lineall...

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• Ezra 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. Ver...

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• Ezra 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This is the copy of the letter that the King Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra “It can hardly be supposed, but that some more than ordinary means were used to obtain so great a favour from Artaxerxes, as t...

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• Ezra 7:11 - 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...

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• Ezra 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Decree of Artaxerxes. B. C. 457.       11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the...

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• Ezra 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  A scribe of the words of the commandments, the phrase seems emphatical, noting that he explained both the words and the things; for the Jews in the land of their captivity had in a great measure lo...

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• Ezra 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Almost Sixty Years After The Building Of The Temple Ezra, An Expert In The Law, Comes To Jerusalem Bringing With Him A Group Of Fellow-Jews And Much Treasure For The House Of God, Being Authorised B...

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• Ezra 7:11 - 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...

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• Ezra 7:11 - 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...

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• Ezra 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes. The office and duty of the civil magistrate It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect good men in the exer...

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• Ezra 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA ( Ezra 7:11-15 ). The present decree was of the nature of a firman granted to an individual. It embodied, in the first...

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• Ezra 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Now, this is the copy of the letter that the King Artazerxes gave unto Ezra, the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord and of His statutes to Israel, learned...

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• Ezra 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezra 4:11 ; Ezra 5:6 ; Ezra 7:6 ; Mark 7:1-13 ; Matthew 23:13 ; Matthew 23:2

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• Ezra 7:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Words — The phrase seems emphatical, noting that he explained both the words and the things: for the Jews in the land of their captivity had in a great measure lost both the language, and the knowl...

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