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Pentecost Season · Proper 21 · Year B

Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22

Esther Saves Her People

September 26, 2027

Esther before Ahasuerus, Artemisia Gentileschi
Esther before Ahasuerus, Artemisia Gentileschi, c. 1628–1635Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Esther faints at the moment of asking and the king half rises from the throne. Gentileschi painted strong women in the act of risking something.If I have won your favour, let my life be given me: the reading is the request, and this is the instant before it is granted.Artemisia GentileschiThe most accomplished woman painter of the Baroque, who won a court case against her rapist under torture and built an international career afterwards.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe largest art museum in the Americas, founded in 1870 by a group of New Yorkers who wanted one and had no collection to start from.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 9:38-50Mk 9:38-50
EpistleJas. 5:13-20Jas 5:13-20
Old TestamentEsth. 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22Est 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22Alt. OTNum. 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29Nm 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
PsalterPs. 124Ps 124Alt. PsalmPs. 19:7-14Ps 19:7-14

Overview & Insights

"Let my life be given me at my petition, and the lives of my people at my request." (Esther 7:3)

At the banquet Esther exposes Haman's plot against the Jews to King Ahasuerus, Haman is hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai, and the deliverance is later commemorated in the annual feast of Purim.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22Working Preacher: Commentary on Est 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Esther's plea and the origin of Purim for the complementary track.

Enduring Word: Esther 7Enduring Word: Est 7 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the banquet and Haman's fall.

Precept Austin: Esther CommentariesPrecept Austin: Est Commentaries Precept Austin

Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for Esther.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Esther 7:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Est 7:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the second banquet of Esther.

CEP: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 CommentaryCEP: Est 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on the court intrigue and Esther's deliverance of her people.

Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Esther OverviewBibleProject: Est Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the story and themes of Esther.

Sefaria: Esther 7 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Est 7 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Esther 7 InterlinearBibleHub: Est 7 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Esther 7Catena: Est 7 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Esther 7.

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