Ester 4:17

17 Así que Mardoqueo se puso en marcha e hizo todo tal como Ester le había ordenado.

Ester 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.

Ester 4:17 In-Context

15 Entonces Ester envió la siguiente respuesta a Mardoqueo:

16 «Ve y reúne a todos los judíos que están en Susa y hagan ayuno por mí. No coman ni beban durante tres días, ni de noche ni de día; mis doncellas y yo haremos lo mismo. Entonces, aunque es contra la ley, entraré a ver al rey. Si tengo que morir, moriré».

17 Así que Mardoqueo se puso en marcha e hizo todo tal como Ester le había ordenado.