THEOSISEsther 1:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people.
וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח סְפָרִים֙ אֶל־כָּל־מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל־מְדִינָ֤ה וּמְדִינָה֙ כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ וְאֶל־עַ֥ם וָעָ֖ם כִּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ לִהְי֤וֹת כָּל־אִישׁ֙ שֹׂרֵ֣ר בְּבֵית֔וֹ וּמְדַבֵּ֖ר כִּלְשׁ֥וֹן עַמּֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Esth 3:12And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,
- Esth 8:9Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.
- Eph 5:22Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:
- Eph 5:24Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
- 1 Tim 2:12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.
- 1 Cor 14:19But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- 1 Cor 14:20Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.
- Dan 4:1I, Nabuchodonosor, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace: