butler = the cupbearer. Nehemiah 1:11 .
baker. A Papyrus, in the National Library, Paris (nineteenth dynasty), gives the name of a similar officer (Djadja), the chief; and mentions "114,064 loaves made in the white fortress". (See Records of the Past, vol. ii, p. 126.)
dreamed a dream. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ), i.e. had a significant or important dream.
pressed, &c. A religious ceremony, connected with the worship of Horus, portrayed in Egyptian paintings. Existence of vines in Egypt has been denied by critics; but now they are seen depicted in paintings. In the cup was honey, or some other liquid, with which the grape juice was mixed.
are. Should be "they [are]".
lift up thine head = uplift thee, i.e. restore thee to favour. For this was the highest honour that the cupbearer could have.
birthday. These were observed with great ceremony and state. Critics have supposed it to be only a Persian custom. The Rosetta stone contains a decree concerning the keeping of the birthday feast of Ptolemy Epiphanes.
but forgat him. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6 . Used for great emphasis. Compare Amos 6:6 .
butler = the cupbearer. Nehemiah 1:11 .
baker. A Papyrus, in the National Library, Paris (nineteenth dynasty), gives the name of a similar officer (Djadja), the chief; and mentions "114,064 loaves made in the white fortress". (See Records of the Past, vol. ii, p. 126.)
season. Hebrew days (Genesis 4:3 ) = either "some days" (Genesis 4:3 ), or, perhaps, a year.
dreamed a dream. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ), i.e. had a significant or important dream.
pressed, &c. A religious ceremony, connected with the worship of Horus, portrayed in Egyptian paintings. Existence of vines in Egypt has been denied by critics; but now they are seen depicted in paintings. In the cup was honey, or some other liquid, with which the grape juice was mixed.
are. Should be "they [are]".
lift up thine head = uplift thee, i.e. restore thee to favour. For this was the highest honour that the cupbearer could have.
think on me, &c. Compare Luke 23:42 .
white, or, wicker.
are = "they [are]. "
from off thee. Contrast this with Genesis 40:13 .
birthday. These were observed with great ceremony and state. Critics have supposed it to be only a Persian custom. The Rosetta stone contains a decree concerning the keeping of the birthday feast of Ptolemy Epiphanes.
restored. Compare Genesis 40:13 , and See Genesis 41:1 , Genesis 41:3 .
hanged. Compare Genesis 40:19 , and See Genesis 41:13 .
as = according as.
but forgat him. Figure of speech Pleonasm. App-6 . Used for great emphasis. Compare Amos 6:6 .