The Persians had no special contempt for the Jews; but, of course, they despised more or less all the subject races. Esther, with her name that was…

Esther had not shewed ... — From the hope on Mordecai’s part that she might pass for a native Persian, and that her Jewis…

Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred
What nation or family she was of; it not being asked, she was under…

We see to what absurd practices those resorted who were lacking Divine revelation, and what need there was for the gospel of Christ to purify peopl…