Ezra 7:28

mercy. lovingkindness, or grace.

mighty. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14.

chief. heads.

Related Commentaries of Ezra 7:28

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellers, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of...
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 ye...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And hath extended mercy unto me. — The honour done to himself before the council of Persia he ascribes to the mercy of God. Once more we have an an...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a King's Bounty Ezra 7:19-28 Ezra's commission was very ample. Those who officiated or assisted in Temple service were exonerated from taxation...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How beautiful is this ascription of praise in the mouth and heart of Ezra. How lovely is it to see when men have grace to pass by second causes and l...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS How truly lovely doth Ezra the scribe appear in the view here given of him! a scribe indeed well instructed in the law of God. Trained i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And hath extended mercy unto me, before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes ,.... Before Artaxerxes, his seven co...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And hath extended mercy to me , &c. The king, in the honour he did Ezra, we may suppose, had an eye to his merits, and preferred him because he...
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 Jerusale...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezra's Thankfulness to God. B. C. 457. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra Expresses His Appreciation To YHWH ( Ezra 7:27-28 ). From this point on we have a passage ( Ezra 7:27 to Ezra 9:15 ) where Ezra uses the fi...
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 Babyl...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart. Kings of Persia--nursing fathers of the Church...
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 gr...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Letter of Artaxerxes
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and hath extended mercy unto me before the king and his counselors v. 14. and before all the king's mighty princes. Thus gratefully Ezra acknowledg...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 4:17 ; 2 Timothy 4:18 ; Ezra 5:5 ; Ezra 7:14 ; Ezra 7:6 ; Ezra 7:9 ; Ezra 8:18 ; Ezra 9:9 ; Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 43:14 ; Jona...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As the hand, &c. — If God gives us his hand, we are bold and chearful: if he withdraws it, we are weak as water. Whatever service we are enable...

²⁸ And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

Related Commentaries of Ezra 7:28

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the 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 7:28