George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Zechariah 11:12
Pieces. Sicles are usually understood. About fifty-one livres. The Jews bought the life of Christ for this sum; (Calmet) thirty pieces. (Worthington)
Pieces. Sicles are usually understood. About fifty-one livres. The Jews bought the life of Christ for this sum; (Calmet) thirty pieces. (Worthington)
Verse Zechariah 11:12. _IF YE THINK GOOD, GIVE_ ME _MY PRICE_] "Give me my hire." And we find they rated it contemptuously; _thirty_ pieces of silver being the price of a slave, Exodus 21:32....
AND I SAID UNTO THEM, IF YE THINK GOOD, GIVE ME MY PRICE - God asks of us a return, not having any proportion to His gifts of nature or of grace, but such as we can render. He took the Jews out of the...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The judgment of the land, the temple and the slaughter of the flock (Zechariah 11:1) _ 2. The true shepherd set aside and rejected (Zechariah 11:7) 3. The foolish shepherd (Z
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH IN FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. The author here assumes the rô le of the chief actor in the events he is describing, and speaks in the first person. Unlike Zechariah, but in accordance wi...
PRICE. wage. THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER. The damages for injury done to. servant. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 21:32). This is not the passage referred to in Matthew 27:9. Sec App-161. That was "spok...
_price_ Rather, WAGES, or _hire_, R. V. This demand is made by the prophet not "in order to try whether the people would submit themselves further to his guidance" (Wright), but to signify the complet...
DISCOURSE: 1257 THE CONTEMPT POURED ON CHRIST Zechariah 11:12. And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And...
AND I SAID, &C.— _Afterwards I said unto them, if this pleaseth you, give me my hire; if not, forbear: so,_ &c. Zechariah 11:13. _And the Lord said unto me, cast it to the potter,_ [namely,] _this ver...
FAITHFUL AND FOOLISH SHEPHERDS. Zechariah 11:4-17 RV. Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter; whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Bl...
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. AND I SAID UNTO THEM. The prophet here represents the person of...
THE PARABLE OF THE SHEPHERDS The perplexing nature of the prophecies in this chapter renders exposition difficult, especially as we cannot be sure of the circumstances. Apparently, however, the passa...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Open your doors, Lebanon. Then fire will destroy your *cedar trees! V2 Cry aloud, *juniper trees, because (he has) destroyed...
(4-17) The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolical throughout, consists in the fact that hardly any clue to the interpretation is given to us. Thus commentators are quit...
MY PRICE. — The shepherd demands a requital for his toil, as a test of the gratitude of the sheep. AND IF NOT, FORBEAR. — Comp. Ezekiel 3:27, &c. God does not force our will, which is free. He places...
וָ אֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם אִם ־טֹ֧וב בְּ עֵינֵיכֶ֛ם
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
7. THE REJECTION AND MURDER OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Zechariah 11:4; Zechariah 13:7 There follows now, in the rest of chapter 11, a longer oracle, to which Ewald and most critics after him have suitably...
BEAUTY AND BANDS Zechariah 11:1-17 The times were very dark when Zechariah felt called upon to act as shepherd to Jehovah's harried flock. Rulers and priests were actuated by selfish greed and mutua...
The last movement of the message described the rejection of the King. The prophet first foretold the coming of judgment under the figure of the Roman fire devouring the people and spoiling the glory...
And I said to them, If ye think good, give [me] (p) my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver. (p) Besides their ingratitude, God accuses them of malice an...
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear: so they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly pri...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
God now adds another crime, by which he discovers the wickedness of the people; for they estimated all the labor he had bestowed at a cry insignificant price. He had before complained of ingratitude;...
In connection with the judgments that should attend it, the Spirit enters into more detail with respect to the rejection of the Messiah, and the particular circumstances of the last days, in consequen...
AND I SAID UNTO THEM, IF YE THINK GOOD,.... Not to the poor of the flock that waited on him, and knew the word of the Lord, and valued it; but to the other Jews that despised Christ and his Gospel: G...
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver. Ver. 12. _If ye think good, give me my price_] Pay me for my p...
_And I said unto them_ Namely, upon parting. The prophet, still personating Christ, or acting as a type of him, reminds the Jews of his concern for their welfare, the care he had taken of them, and th...
THE GOOD SHEPHERDS...
And I said unto them, to the flock that did, not recognize the things of its peace, IF YE THINK GOOD, if they desired to recognize and acknowledge the services rendered them, GIVE ME MY PRICE; AND IF...
JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE TRUE SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL IS REJECTED AND A FALSE SHEPHERD ACCEPTED (vv. 1-6) This chapter is all prophetic, dealing chiefly with the suffering of Israel because of their reject...
IF YE THINK GOOD: _ Heb._ if it be good in your eyes...
4-14 Christ came into this world for judgment to the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those have their minds wofully blinded, who do ill, and justify themselves...
AND I SAID UNTO THEM; upon parting, Christ seems after the manner of men to mind them of his pains and care for them, and would have them reckon with him. IF YE THINK GOOD: he puts it to them whether...
Zechariah 11:12 said H559 (H8799) agreeable H5869 H2896 give H3051 (H8798) wages H7939 refrain H2308 ...
A PROPHECY IN WHICH ZECHARIAH SEES THAT INSTEAD OF TRUE SHEPHERDS THERE WILL ARISE FALSE SHEPHERDS. HE AS THE TRUE SHEPHERD WILL BE REJECTED (ZECHARIAH 11:1). Zchariah now returns to his theme of the...
ZECHARIAH ASKS FOR HIS WAGE TO BE PAID BECAUSE HE IS GIVING UP HIS POSITION (ZECHARIAH 11:12). AND USES IT AS A SYMBOL OF ISRAEL'S REJECTION Zechariah 11:12 ‘And I said to them, “If you think good, g...
Zechariah 11:4. _Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;_ This is a deep prophecy. It may be interpreted concerning many events, but I think it primarily refers to the departure...
CONTENTS: First advent of Christ foretold and His rejection. God's wrath against Israel as the result. The rise of anti-Christ and his judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Those who wil...
Zechariah 11:1. _Open thy doors, oh Lebanon._ This is a word of delicacy for the temple, calling it by another name. Dr. Lightfoot quotes several striking comments on this text. “The east gate of the...
_So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver _ THE GOODLY PRICE OF JESUS Satan’s dealings with the human family may be truthfully described as one gigantic system of bribery and corruption....
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:1 Zechariah’s focus turns from the flock back to the shepherds. The fable of vv. Zechariah 11:1 tells of impending destruction. In vv....
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:4 Zechariah himself acts out the role of a shepherd who rescues his sheep only to have the sheep come to detest him. He then leaves the flock to a worthless shepherd....
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:12 Zechariah received as his pitifully inadequate wages THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, the price of a slave. He rejects the money and throws it into the house of the LOR
CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 11:12. Good] “He served them, not for wages, but in obedience to the Divine will.” Wages, however, were due; the price of a slave offered. ZECHARIAH 11:13.] It was contemptu...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 11:13 § 8. Restoration to their own land and material prosperity do not free the Israelites from probation or trouble. The prophet, therefore, darkens his late picture with some...
Tonight we have a fascinating area of scripture to cover. Pray the Lord will give me the gift of brevity. For we are surely getting into some exciting areas of biblical prophecy, as the Lord begins to...
1 Kings 21:2; 2 Chronicles 30:4; Exodus 21:32; Genesis 37:28; John 13:
And I said — Upon parting, Christ seems after the manner of men, to mind them of his claims for them, and desire them to reckon with him. If ye think good — He puts it to them, whether they thought he...
How can these verses be part of Zechariah when Matthew 27:9 says they belong to the Book of Jeremiah? PROBLEM: When Matthew presents the prophetic prediction that related to the death of Judas, he quo...