THEOSISNehemiah 8:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.
וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח עֶזְרָ֤א הַסֵּ֙פֶר֙ לְעֵינֵ֣י כָל־הָעָ֔ם כִּֽי־מֵעַ֥ל כָּל־הָעָ֖ם הָיָ֑ה וּכְפִתְח֖וֹ עָֽמְד֥וּ כָל־הָעָֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 3:20Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne.
- Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day: and he rose up to read.
- Luke 4:17And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written: