Ezra 5:4

(b) Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?

(b) That is, the enemies asked this, as in (Ezra 5:10).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then said we - The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions have “Then said they,” which brings this verse into exact accordance with Ezra 5:10 ....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 Per...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Said we ] better, with the LXX, 'said they.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 h...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then said we; either, 1. We Tatnai and Shethar-boznai. And so this is an additional and more express inquiry concerning the names of the builders...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Zeal of the People Aroused
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 5:10
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We — Jews. Accordingly — According to what they asked. That made this building — That were the undertakers and encouragers of it.

⁴ Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that makea this building?

Related Commentaries of Ezra 5:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezra 5:4