Esther seems to have been afraid to make her real request of Xerxes too abruptly. She concluded that the king would understand that she had a real …

Let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet. —It was natural enough that, with so much depending on her request…

And Esther answered, if it seem good unto the king

She humbly submits it to his pleasure, suggesting it would be e…

Esther having had power with God, and prevailing, like Jacob, had power with men too. He who will lose his life for God will save it, or find it in…