Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Esther 5:2
Held out — In testimony that he pardoned her presumption, and was ready to grant her petition. Touched — In token of her thankful acceptance of the king's favour, and of her reverence and submission.
Held out — In testimony that he pardoned her presumption, and was ready to grant her petition. Touched — In token of her thankful acceptance of the king's favour, and of her reverence and submission.
Verse Esther 5:2. _SHE OBTAINED FAVOUR IN HIS SIGHT_] The _Septuagint_ represents "the king as being at first greatly enraged when he saw Esther, because she had dared to appear before him unveiled,...
ESTHER AND THE KING AND HAMAN'S DELUSION CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Esther before the king and her request (Esther 5:1)_ 2. Haman's delusion (Esther 5:9) Esther 5:1. On the third day Esther put on her royal ap...
ESTHER 5. ESTHER OBTAINS THE KING'S FAVOUR AND INVITES HIM WITH HAMAN TO A BANQUET. Haman's Elation is DASHED BY VEXATION AT MORDECAI'S REFUSAL TO HONOUR HIM. In Esther 5:1 to Esther 8:3 we read how t...
THE KING HELD OUT TO ESTHER THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE. His eyes rested upon her soon after she entered the inner court. He was in one of his most gracious moods, and her beauty and perhaps the anxiety depic...
OBTAINED. won. Compare Esther 4:11....
_held out to Esther the golden sceptre_ See Esther 4:11. _touched_ So among the Greeks the suppliant laid hold of the person or the garments of the person to whom the appeal was directed. The Vulgate...
Esther 5:1-8. Esther's interview with the king Esther is received graciously. The king, however, obviously guesses that she has an important object to gain in thus presenting herself, and so enquires...
THE KING HELD OUT TO ESTHER THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE— A sceptre was the ensign of the highest and most absolute authority; therefore some have observed, that when Mordecai was advanced to the greatest digni...
V. The Plan of Esther, Esther 5:1-8 A. Coquetry TEXT: Esther 5:1-4 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, ov...
_AND IT WAS SO, WHEN THE KING SAW ESTHER THE QUEEN STANDING IN THE COURT, THAT SHE OBTAINED FAVOUR IN HIS SIGHT: AND THE KING HELD OUT TO ESTHER THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE THAT WAS IN HIS HAND. SO ESTHER DREW...
ESTHER'S PETITION TO THE KING An account of how Esther, being favourably received by the king, invited him, together with Haman, to a banquet whereat she promised to make known her petition, and how...
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 5 V1 On the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing. She stood in the inner yard of the king’s palace. This yard was in front of the ki...
וַ יְהִי֩ כִ רְאֹ֨ות הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת
HATRED BREEDS CRIME Esther 5:1 Thus the soul clad in the royal garments of Christ's righteousness stands in the throne-room with its request. It has already obtained favor, for has it not been accept...
Here we have the story of Esther's venture and its success. Things might have been very different, but the graciousness of the king, notwithstanding Esther's violation of the law of the palace, was un...
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king (b) held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esth...
_Golden. "It is not this golden sceptre which saves the kingdom," said Cyrus, "but faithful friends are the most true and secure sceptre for kings." (Cyrop. viii.) (Calmet) --- Kissed. Hebrew, "touche...
(1) В¶ Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal thro...
Grace Given I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we heard Mordecai say what is considered the most famous verse from the book of Esther: Esther 4:14 (NKJV) "For if you remain completely silent at this time,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...
AND IT WAS SO, WHEN THE KING SAW ESTHER THE QUEEN STANDING IN THE COURT, THAT SHE OBTAINED FAVOUR IN HIS SIGHT,.... Which no doubt was of God, who has the hearts of kings in his hand, and turns them a...
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther d...
Est. 5:2. "Sceptre." Favor was offered by the king by holding out to her the golden scepter; but it was expected that she, in order to a title and interest in the offered favor, should draw near and t...
_It came to pass on the third day_ Of which see the notes on Esther 4:16. _Esther put on her royal apparel_ That she might render herself as amiable in the king's eyes as she could, and so obtain her...
And it was so, when the king saw Esther, the queen, standing in the court, the raised seat which he occupied enabling him to see over the heads of his attendants, THAT SHE OBTAINED FAVOR IN HIS SIGHT;...
Esther's Invitation To The King...
ESTHER'S BANQUET (vv. 1-8) After the three days of fasting, Esther's courage enabled her to enter the inner court of the king's palace, clothed in her royal robes. The king was sitting on his throne...
1-8 Esther having had power with God, and prevailing, like Jacob, had power with men too. He that will lose his life for God, shall save it, or find it in a better life. The king encouraged her. Let...
THE KING HELD OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE, in testimony that he pardoned her presumption, and accepted her person, and was ready to grant her petition. ESTHER TOUCHED THE TOP OF HIS SCEPTRE, in token of he...
Esther 5:2 king H4428 saw H7200 (H8800) Queen H4436 Esther H635 standing H5975 (H8802) court H2691 found...
CONTENTS: Esther's courage in proceeding to obtain favor. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Zeresh. CONCLUSION: If we have had power with God in prayer we shall find favor with men in...
Esther 5:1. On _the third day,_ of the fast: Esther 4:16. Esther 5:3. _To the half of the kingdom._ This was a word of grace after the manner of kings. So Herod said to Herodias when she had pleased h...
_Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel _ THERE IS NOTHING STATIONARY “Now it came to pass. ” These words call for special notice in a book which strikingly illus...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 5:1 At the end of THE THIRD DAY of fasting (Esther 4:16), Esther stands in THE INNER COURT, where Ahasuerus can see
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 5:1. THE THIRD DAY] must be counted from the day of the transaction between the queen and Mordecai; the first day being that on which it took place. The fasting, then, would no...
EXPOSITION AHASUERUS RECEIVING ESTHER FAVOURABLY, SHE INVITES HIM AND HAMAN TO A BANQUET. ALLOWED TO ASK WHATEVER BOON SHE LIKES, SHE INVITES
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and she stood in the inner court of the king's house: and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal house. And i...
Acts 10:4; Acts 7:10; Esther 4:11; Esther 8:4; Genesis 32:28;...