Esther 4:17

17 So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.

Esther 4:17 in Other Translations

17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

17 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

17 So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

17 Mordecai left and carried out Esther's instructions.

17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

17 Mordecai did just as Esther had commanded him.

17 So Mordecai went and did everything Esther had ordered him.

17 So Mordecai went away. He carried out all of Esther's directions.

Esther 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:17

So Mordecai went his way
About the business he was directed to; the word used having sometimes the signification of passing over or transgressing, Jarchi interprets it of Mordecai's transgressing the command, by fasting on a festival; the letter being written on the thirteenth of Nisan, ( Esther 3:12 ) , the next day was the passover, on which he supposes the fast began; and the three days were, the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth of the month, and belonged to the feast of the passover and of unleavened bread; so the Targum:

and did according to all that Esther had commanded him;
got the Jews together, and kept a fast three days; according to the Midrash ^F5 they were the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth of Nisan.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Midrash Esther, fol. 94. 4.

Esther 4:17 In-Context

15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”

17 So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.