19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover.
19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover.
19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover.
19 And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
19 On April 21 the returned exiles celebrated Passover.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 6:19
Commentary on Ezra 6:13-22
(Read Ezra 6:13-22)
The gospel church, that spiritual temple, is long in the building, but it will be finished at last, when the mystical body is completed. Every believer is a living temple, building up himself in his most holy faith: much opposition is given to this work by Satan and our own corruptions. We trifle, and proceed in it with many stops and pauses; but He that has begun the good work, will see it performed. Then spirits of just men will be made perfect. By getting their sins taken away, the Jews would free themselves from the sting of their late troubles. Their service was with joy. Let us welcome holy ordinances with joy, and serve the Lord with gladness.