To see whether Mordecai's matters would stand Whether he would persist in his refusal, and what the event of it would be; for he had told them that he was a Jew And therefore did not deny this reverence to Haman out of pride, or any personal grudge against him, much less from a rebellious mind, and contempt of the king's authority and command, but merely out of conscience, being obliged, as a Jew, to give such honour to God only.
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Esther 3:4
4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.