Esdras 5:4

4 También pidieron los nombres de todos los varones que trabajaban en la construcción del templo;

Esdras 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 5:4

Then said we unto them after this manner
In answer to their questions; namely, Ezra and other Jews replied; for though Ezra is said after this to come from Babylon in the seventh year of Artaxerxes, he might go thither on some business, and then return again at that time; some indeed think these are the words of Tatnai and those with him; so Ben Melech, which seems to be favoured by ( Ezra 4:10 ) , and by reading the words with an interrogation, as we do; Aben Ezra says they are either the words of the builders, or of the scribes, the secretaries that came to question them; but they are the words of the former, as order requires, or otherwise no answer would be returned, at least as expressed; and the next clause may be read without an interrogation, and the sense be, that they told them not only that they acted according to an edict of Cyrus king of Persia, for this was said, as appears from ( Ezra 5:13 ) , but they declared

what were the names of the men that did make this building;
or employed them in it, namely, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the chief men of the Jews; they made no scruple of telling them who they were; neither ashamed of their masters nor of their work, nor afraid of any ill consequences following hereafter.

Esdras 5:4 In-Context

2 Zorobabel, hijo de Salatiel, y Jesúa, hijo de Jehosadac,
respondieron y continuaron la reconstrucción del templo de Dios en Jerusalén. Los profetas de Dios estaban con ellos y los ayudaban.

3 Sin embargo, Tatnai, el gobernador de la provincia situada al occidente del río Éufrates,
y Setar-boznai junto con sus colegas pronto llegaron a Jerusalén y preguntaron: «¿Quién les dio permiso para reconstruir este templo y restaurar esta estructura?».

4 También pidieron los nombres de todos los varones que trabajaban en la construcción del templo;

5 pero como Dios cuidaba a su pueblo, no pudieron impedir que los líderes judíos siguieran construyendo hasta que se enviara un informe a Darío y él comunicara su decisión al respecto.

6 Carta de Tatnai al rey Darío
La siguiente es una copia de la carta que el gobernador Tatnai, Setar-boznai y los demás funcionarios de la provincia situada al occidente del río Éufrates le enviaron al rey Darío: