Quotes & Notes
-
John Wesley Notes:
Reverse-For this reason he could not recall the former
letters, because they were irrevocable by the law of the Medes and
Persians. How much more prudent is our constitution, that no law
whatever can be established as to be unrepealable?
It is God's prerogative, not to
repent, and to say what can never be altered.
-
Spurgeon Devotional Commentary:
The decree to slay the Jews could not be reversed,
but its sting was extracted by
the new decree that the Jews might defend themselves and slay
their foes.
-
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown:
Write ... in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring--Hence it
is evident that the royal ring had a seal in it, which, being affixed to
any document, authenticated it
with the stamp of royal authority.
which ... may no man reverse--This is added as the reason why he could
not comply with the queen's request for a direct reversal of recall of
Haman's letters; namely, that the laws of the Medes and Persians, once
passed, were irrevocable.
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
* in the king's name. Es 3:12; 1Ki 21:8
* may no man reverse.
No, not the king himself; and this was the reason that the king was
forced not to reverse, but to
give a contradictory decree; that if the Jews, pursuant to the
first decree, were assaulted, they might legitimately, by virtue of the
second, defend themselves, slay their enemies, and even take the spoil.
- 1599 Geneva Study Bible
This was the law of the Medes and Persians, as in Daniel 6:15
nonetheless the king revoked the former decree granted to Haman
for Esther's sake.
-
Adam Clarke Commentary:
Whatever had passed
the royal signet could never be revoked; no succeeding edict
could destroy or repeal a preceding one: but one of a similar nature to
the Jews against the Persians, as that to the Persians was against the
Jews, might be enacted, and thus the Jews be enabled legitimately to
defend themselves; and, consequently, placed on an equal footing with
their enemies.
|
