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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Ezra 7:11

A scribe of the words of the commandments, the phrase seems emphatical, noting that he explained both the words and the things; for the Jews in the land of their captivity had in a great measure lost both their language, and the knowledge of God's commands, and therefore Ezra and his companions instruct them in both; of which see more on Nehemiah 8:8.

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See also Ezra 7:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_ 2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11) 3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DECREE OF ARTAXERXES. This decree granted a further return of exiles for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception of the introductory words of Ezra 7:11, this section is in A...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE SCRIBE... A SCRIBE. a perfect scribe. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Artaxerxes" Commission to Ezra 11. _Now_ Cf. Ezra 7:1. This verse serves as a brief introduction. _the copy of the letter_ See on Ezra 4:7; Ezra 4:11; Ezra 4:23

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. The letter of Artaxerxes TEXT, EZRA 7:11-26 11 Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of the LORD...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW THIS IS THE COPY OF THE LETTER THAT THE KING ARTAXERXES GAVE UNTO EZRA THE PRIEST, THE SCRIBE, EVEN A SCRIBE OF THE WORDS OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, AND OF HIS STATUTES TO ISRAEL._ This is...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    7:11 Israel. (d-34) The Aramaic is resumed as far as ver. 26....

  • 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 Artaxer...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 7 In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EVEN A SCRIBE. — In the case of Ezra _the_ function of scribe was more important than that of priest. The word scribe originally meant the writer or copier of the law; but now it meant the expositor o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (11-26) Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general statement the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of authorisation, in which we discern throughout the hand of Ezra....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ זֶ֣ה ׀ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַֽ נִּשְׁתְּוָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֤ר...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A MISSIONARY JOURNEY Ezra 7:1 An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1 and Ezra 7:1, and in that time the history recorded in the book of Esther took place. This chapter i...

  • 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 grea...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Of the edict, is a farther explanation of the letter. (Haydock)_...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8. Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people, even when t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW THIS IS THE COPY OF THE LETTER THAT THE KING ARTAXERXES GAVE UNTO EZRA THE PRIEST,.... This title relating to his office is justly given him, since he was the son of an high priest, and lineally d...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. Ver....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This is the copy of the letter that the King Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra_ “It can hardly be supposed, but that some more than ordinary means were used to obtain so great a favour from Artaxerxes, as th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem. 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour. [THE KINGS LETTER.] 1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, this is the copy of the letter that the King Artazerxes gave unto Ezra, the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord and of His statutes to Israel, learned n...

  • Leslie 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 quoti...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    11-26 The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christian...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 7:11 copy H6572 letter H5406 King H4428 Artaxerxes H783 gave H5414 (H8804) Ezra H5830 priest H3548 scribe...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    EZRA'S COMMISSION FROM THE PERSIAN KING ARTAXERXES (EZRA 7:11). We are now provided with a copy of Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra, recorded in its original Imperial Aramaic. We must remember that this was...

  • 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 TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes. CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. When mag...

  • 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 Ba...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes._ THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect good men in the exercise...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to establis...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:11 Artaxerxes’ decree is in a LETTER in Aramaic (see note on 4:7–8) addressed to EZRA 1:1.

  • The 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 whi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (Ezra 7:11). The present decree was of the nature of a _firman _granted to an individual. It embodied, in the first place, a certain number of...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1) Who is Longimanus of the secular history. Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezra 4:11; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 7:6; Mark 7:1; Matthew 23:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Words — The phrase seems emphatical, noting that he explained both the words and the things: for the Jews in the land of their captivity had in a great measure lost both the language, and the knowledg...

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