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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezra 5:4

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

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezra 5:4. _WHAT ARE THE NAMES_] It is most evident that this is the _answer_ of the _Jews_ to the inquiry of Tatnai, Ezra 5:3, and the verse should be read thus: _Then said we unto them after th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN SAID WE - The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions have “Then said they,” which brings this verse into exact accordance with Ezra 5:10....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The prophetic ministry of Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 5:1)_ 2. The result of their ministry (Ezra 5:2) 3. Tatnai's interference (Ezra 5:3) 4. The letter to Darius ...

  • 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- 520 B.C.; in 516, however, it is said that the building had...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAID. told. Chaldee. _'amar,_ which must be followed by the words spoken (which are given in next clause). WE. Note this pronoun (first person sing, and plural), Here, and Ezra 7:27; Ezra 9:15, and Ne...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Then said we unto them_, &c. R.V. THEN SPAKE WE UNTO THEM AFTER THIS MANNER, WHAT, &c. Margin, -Or, _Then spake we unto them after this manner. What_, said they, _are the names_", &c. -Or, according...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT C. The work is resumed by the reign of Darius. 1. The work gets under way. TEXT, EZRA 5:1-5 1 When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, p...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 Persian officials in Judæa to the Persian court to enqui...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SAID WE] better, with the LXX, 'said they.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 Haggai and Zechariah (a *descendant of Iddo) were *prophets. They spoke messages from the God of Israel to the *Jews who were in Jud...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEN SAID WE. — The LXX. must here have read, “then said they.” But there is no need to change the text; the sentence is not a question, but a statement: “we said to the effect, what the names were.”...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (3-17) Tatnai’s appeal to Darius....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן ־אִנּוּן֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NEW DIFFICULTIES MET IN A NEW SPIRIT Ezra 5:3; Ezra 6:1 IT is in keeping with the character of his story of the returned Jews throughout, that no sooner has the chronicler let a ray of sunshine fall...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14 ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished from their message exerts some degree of fascination on the student. This...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE MISSION OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH Ezra 5:1 It is necessary to read the books of Haggai and Zechariah to see what difficulties the leaders of the people had to meet, and how much they needed the hel...

  • 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 had commenced. Judged by all human standards they co...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _In. Septuagint, "Then I (or they; Greek: eipon. The Syriac and Arabic declare for the latter) said thus to them: What," &c. --- We gave. Chaldean, "what are the names?" (Haydock) --- It seems Thathan...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I think it an object of considerable moment to remark on this part of the history, that the enemies of Israel made no interruption to their building houses for themselves, though this was contrary to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Whatever happens, they have to go through that which puts faith to the proof; but their path is ordered by the will of God, and their faith relies upon Him. In this case they had to wait; but God's ti...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID WE UNTO THEM AFTER THIS MANNER,.... In answer to their questions; namely, Ezra and other Jews replied; for though Ezra is said after this to come from Babylon in the seventh year of Artaxerx...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? Ver. 4. _Then said we unto them_] We (Tatnai, Shetherboznai, and their companions) thus said, and thus...

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

    _Tatnai and Shethar-boznai_ These were probably new governors, or prefects, whom Darius had sent; for it was usual with new kings to change the governors of provinces. _Who hath commanded you to build...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Zerubbabel and Shealtiel, incited by Haggai and Zacharie, set forward the building of the Temple. 3 Tatnai and Shether Boznai could not hinder the Iewes. 6 Their letter to Darius against the Iewes...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ZEAL OF THE PEOPLE AROUSED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then said we, the Persian officials being meant, UNTO THEM, the Jews, AFTER THIS MANNER, WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE MEN THAT MAKE THIS BUILDING? They inquired for the men in authority among the Jews, t...

  • Leslie 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 Zechariah to speak in His name to the Jews in Judah and Je...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THAT MAKE THIS BUILDING: Chald. that build this building...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    3-17 While employed in God's work, we are under his special protection; his eye is upon us for good. This should keep us to our duty, and encourage us therein, when difficulties are ever so discourag...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The 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. And this sense is favoured by comparing EZRA 5:9,10,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 5:4 Then H116 accordingly H3660 told H560 (H8754) names H4479 H581 H8036 men H1400 constructing...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Encouragement of the prophets and the work resumed. CHARACTERS: Zerubbabel, Haggai, Zechariah, Jeshua, Tattenai, Darius, Shethar-bozenai. CONCLUSION: It is a sign that God has mercy in sto...

  • 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 it is not finished._ The chronology of the Persian empire...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _At the same time came to them Tatntia._ THE GREAT WORK INVESTIGATED AND CONTINUED The sacred work investigated by the secular authorities. 1. The nature of the investigation. 2. The spirit of the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA 5:1 The Work Is Resumed, and Local Officials Seek Confirm­ation of Cyrus’s Decree. After a period of inactivity, the leaders resume work on rebuilding the temple, and provincial officials inquire...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 5:3 The officials TATTENAI and SHETHAR-BOZENAI are much more neutral than the officials in Ezra 4:8. Clearly they have no knowledg

  • The 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). ii. The workers interrogated by the Persian authorities west of the Euphrat...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF OPPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE NEIGHBOURING HEATHEN. LETTER WRITTEN BY THEM AND SENT TO DARIUS ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So it tells us here in chapter five, The prophet Haggai, and the prophet Zechariah, they prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel. Then rose up Zerub...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezra 5:10...

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