Est 3:2, Psa 15:4, Mat 10:28 | TSK | STEP | the king's servants.Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them. bowed. bowed not.{Yichrâ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration.

Esther 3:2

the king's servants.Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them.

2:19,21

bowed.

Ge 41:43; Php 2:10

bowed not.{Yichrâ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration.

1,5; Ex 17:14,16; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; Ps 15:4

Psalms 15:4

a vile.

101:4; 2Ki 3:13,14; Es 3:2; Job 32:21,22; Isa 32:5,6; Da 5:17-31

Ac 24:2,3,25; Jas 2:1-9

but.

16:3; 101:6; 119:63; Mt 12:49,50; 1Jo 3:14

sweareth.

Jos 9:18-20; Jud 11:35; 2Sa 21:1,2; Mt 5:33

Matthew 10:28

And.

26; Isa 8:12,13; 51:7,12; Da 3:10-18; Lu 12:4,5; Ac 20:23,24

Ac 21:13; Ro 8:35-39; 2Ti 4:6-8; Heb 11:35; 1Pe 3:14; Re 2:10

him.

Ps 119:120; Ec 5:7; 8:12,13; Isa 66:2; Jer 5:22; Heb 12:28,29

able.

25:46; Mr 9:43-48; Lu 16:22-26; Joh 5:29; 2Th 1:8-10

Re 20:10-15