Ezra 6:21 - Matthew Henry

Ezra 6:21

The Passover Celebrated

19 ¹And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover ^aon the fourteenth day of the first month.

20 For the priests and the Levites had ^apurified themselves; all of them were ritually clean. And they ^bslaughtered the Passover lambs for all the descendants of the captivity, for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

21 Then the children of Israel who had returned from the captivity ate together with all who had separated themselves from the ^afilth of the nations of the land in order to seek the Lord God of Israel.

22 And they kept the ^aFeast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the Lord made them joyful, and ^bturned the heart ^cof the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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Matthew Henry

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Ezra 6:1-22

The decree for completing the temple. (1-12) The temple is finished. (13-22)

Verses 1-12 When God's time is come for fulfilling his gracious purposes concerning his church, he will raise up instruments to do it, from whom such good service was not expected. While our thoughts are directed to this event, we are led by Zechariah to fix our regard on a nobler, a spiritual building. The Lord Jesus Christ continues to lay one stone upon another: let us assist the great design. Difficulties delay the progress of this sacred edifice. Yet let not opposition discourage us, for in due season it will be completed to his abundant praise. He shall bring forth the head-stone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Verses 13-22 The gospel church, that spiritual temple, is long in the building, but it will be finished at last, when the mystical body is completed. Every believer is a living temple, building up himself in his most holy faith: much opposition is given to this work by Satan and our own corruptions. We trifle, and proceed in it with many stops and pauses; but He that has begun the good work, will see it performed. Then spirits of just men will be made perfect. By getting their sins taken away, the Jews would free themselves from the sting of their late troubles. Their service was with joy. Let us welcome holy ordinances with joy, and serve the Lord with gladness.

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