Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai's command, as she had done under his care. People Abihail, Ahasuerus, Benjamin, Bigthan, Bigthana, Esther, Hadassah, Hegai, Hege, Jair, Jeconiah, Jehoiachin, Kish, Mordecai, Nebuchadnezzar, Shaashgaz, Shimei, Teresh, VashtiPlaces Babylon, Jerusalem, Media, SusaTopics Background, Birth, Bringing, Care, Charge, Charged, Commanded, Commandment, Continued, Declaring, Esther, Family, Follow, Instructions, Kept, Kindred, Laid, Mordecai, Mor'decai, Mordecai's, Nationality, Nothing, Obeyed, Orders, Performed, Relatives, Saying, Secret, Shewed, Showed, Truly, YetOutline 1. Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen.5. Mordecai the nursing father of Esther.8. Esther preferred before the rest.12. The manner of purification, and going in to the king.15. Esther, best pleasing the king, is made queen.21. Mordecai, discovering a treason, is recorded in the chronicles.Jump to Previous Background Care Charge Charged Commanded Commandment Continued Declaring Esther Family Follow Instructions Kept Kindred Laid Mordecai Mor'decai Mordecai's Obeyed Orders Performed Relatives Secret Shewed ShowedJump to Next Background Care Charge Charged Commanded Commandment Continued Declaring Esther Family Follow Instructions Kept Kindred Laid Mordecai Mor'decai Mordecai's Obeyed Orders Performed Relatives Secret Shewed ShowedLibrary Adoption
'As many as received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.' John 1:12. Having spoken of the great points of faith and justification, we come next to adoption. The qualification of the persons is, As many as received him.' Receiving is put for believing, as is clear by the last words, to them that believe in his name.' The specification of the privilege is, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.' The Greek word for power, exousia, signifies …
Thomas Watson—A Body of DivinityEsther
The spirit of the book of Esther is anything but attractive. It is never quoted or referred to by Jesus or His apostles, and it is a satisfaction to think that in very early times, and even among Jewish scholars, its right to a place in the canon was hotly contested. Its aggressive fanaticism and fierce hatred of all that lay outside of Judaism were felt by the finer spirits to be false to the more generous instincts that lay at the heart of the Hebrew religion; but by virtue of its very intensity …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Parallel Verses NASB: Esther had not yet made known her kindred or her people, even as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her as she had done when under his care.KJV: Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
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