Ezra 5:6

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Apharsachites, like Apharsites, and Apharsathchites Ezra 4:9 , are thought by some to be forms of the word “Persians,” which is applied here gener...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezra 4:24 to Ezra 5:17 . The narrative which was broken off at the end of Ezra 4:5 is now resumed. There is silence regarding the period 536-...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Tatnai. His name has been recently found in. contract. Apharsachites. See note on Ezra 4:9 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

The copy of the letter. — This letter of Tatnai is introduced much in the same way as Helium’s; but its dispassionateness and good faith are in str...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET Zechariah 1:1-6 ; Ezra 5:1 ; Ezra 6:14 ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished from their...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT Ezra 5:3-17 ; Ezra 6:1-5 IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Mission of Haggai and Zechariah Ezra 5:1-17 It is necessary to read the books of Haggai and Zechariah to see what difficulties the leaders...
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

The Lord had certainly softened the minds of those men, that though they sent an accusation against the people to the king, yet the Lord overruled th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this sid...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which [were] on this si...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WORK RESUMED AND OPPOSITION RESUMED (vv. 1-5) The initiative for resuming the work had come from the Lord who moved the prophets Haggai and Zech...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Case Represented to Darius. B. C. 519....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Apharsachites; a people so called, sent hither as a colony. As the other people, mentioned Ezra 4:9 they seem to have had a greater power w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Persian Governor Writes To King Darius Concerning The Building Of The Temple And The Statement Of The Elders Concerning Their Case ( Ezra 5:6-17...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] i. The work resumed through the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah, the prophets ( Ezra 5:1-2 ). ii. The workers inte...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezra 5:4 . Then said we. Septuagint: “Then said they unto them.” Ezra 5:16 . Since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet i...
The Biblical Illustrator

The copy of the letter that Tatnai. The letter of the king concerning the work This letter has three chief divisions. I. The inquisition of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN . LETTER WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, on the western side of the Euphrates, and Shetharboznai and his companions, the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Letter of Inquiry Directed To Darius
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 4:11 ; Ezra 4:23 ; Ezra 4:9 ; Ezra 6:6

⁶ The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:

Related Commentaries of Ezra 5:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

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

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

Ezra 5:6