Ezra 7:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. ”

Ezra 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he came to Jerusalem in the (d) fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year (e) of the king. (d) That contained part of July and part of August. (e) Of king Darius.
Ezra 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fifth month. Nisan (March-April). App-51.
Ezra 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month - From the following verse we learn that Ezra and his company set off...
Ezra 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. Came to Jerusalem in the fifth month - i:e., corresponding to the end of our July or beginning of our Au...
Ezra 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In the seventh year. — The repeated notes of time must be marked. The journey itself comes afterwards: it is here indicated as having occupied four months. Ezra’s company also is summarised beforeh...
Ezra 7:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

EZRA'S EXPEDITION Ezra 7:1-8 LIKE the earlier pilgrimage of Zerubbabel and his companions, Ezra's great expedition was carried out under a commission from the Persian monarch of his day. The ch...
Ezra 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month ,.... With the above company; this was the month Abib, answering to part of July and part of August: which was in the seventh year of the king; as in the...
Ezra 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year of the king. Ver. 8. And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month ] So that they were four months in coming; and that wh...
Ezra 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Ezra 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

fifth month That is, August.
Ezra 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - 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 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Journey of Ezra and his Company

Ezra 7:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezra 7:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezra 7:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ezra 7:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezra 7:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezra 7:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezra 7:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra 7:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 7:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezra 7:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ezra 7:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 7:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezra 7:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezra 7:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann