George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Zechariah 3:4
Change, such as were worn on festivals. This shewed that the people should exchange adversity for joy.
Change, such as were worn on festivals. This shewed that the people should exchange adversity for joy.
Verse Zechariah 3:4. _TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS_] The Jews wore _sackcloth_ in times of public calamity; probably the _filthy garments_ refer to this. Let their clothing be changed. I have turned...
AND HE SPAKE TO THOSE WHO STOOD BEFORE HIM - the ministering angels who had waited on the Angel of the Lord to do His bidding. SEE, I HAVE CAUSED THINE INIQUITY TO PASS FROM THEE - The pardoning words...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The fourth night vision (Zechariah 3:1) _ 2. The message of the vision (Zechariah 3:6) Zechariah 3:1. The fourth vision is like the first and second, closely connected with the forego...
THE TRIAL OF JOSHUA. Several corrections are necessary in this paragraph, some of which are confirmed by the LXX. In Zechariah 3:2 read, And the angel of the Lord said. In Zechariah 3:4 f. read with L...
THOSE THAT STOOD, &C.: i.e. the ministering spirits who waited on Him. Compare Deuteronomy 1:38. 1Sa 16:21. 1 Kings 10:8. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _aven_. App-...
_he_ i.e. the Angel of Jehovah. _those that stood before him_ Angels of inferior order, who though not previously mentioned were in attendance, as was fitting, upon the Angel of the Lord. Compare for...
DISCOURSE: 1242 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWISH CHURCH PREDICTED Zechariah 3:1. And he shewed me Joshua the high-priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to res...
TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS, &C.— These _filthy garments_ denote the sins and pollution of the people, whose representative Joshua was; and the _taking them away_ denotes God's pardoning the public...
CHAPTER XXX A VISION OF THE HIGH PRIEST ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 3:1-10 RV. And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to...
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will cl...
THE FOURTH VISION Joshua, better known under the later form Jeshua (Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:7; Nehemiah 12:10, etc.), was the son of Jehozadak, a
III. FOURTH VISION. — JOSHUA BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. (1-7) The accusation against Joshua was not that of neglecting the building of the Temple (for the re-building had been resumed five months b...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
THOSE THAT STOOD BEFORE HIM is an expression meaning courtiers and counsellors (1 Kings 13:6); and here, probably, means angels of inferior grade to the “angel of the Lord.” THINE INIQUITY — _i.e._,...
וַ יַּ֣עַן וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל ־הָ עֹמְדִ֤ים
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
PURIFIED FOR GOD'S SERVICE Zechariah 3:1-10 The regulation for the maintenance of the priesthood had fallen into disuse, and they had neither robes, vessels, nor proper provision of offerings. Proba...
As the first three visions dealt principally with the material side of Israel's tribulation and restoration, the remaining five dealt pre-eminently with her moral and spiritual influence. In vision th...
And he answered and spoke to those that stood before him, saying, Take away the (e) filthy garments from him. And to him he said, Behold, I have (f) caused thy iniquity to pass from thee, and I will c...
"And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will cl...
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...
We now see that he who is often said to be Jehovah is called an angel: the name therefore of Angel as well as of Jehovah, I doubt not, ought to be applied to the person of Christ, who is truly and rea...
But in order that Jerusalem (the centre of God's dealings in Israel) should be thus re-established in blessing, something more than the mere exercise of God's power was necessary. The people were guil...
AND HE ANSWERED, AND SPAKE,.... That is, the Angel of the Lord, before whom Joshua stood, answered to the accusations of Satan, and the entreaties of Joshua: and spake UNTO THOSE THAT STOOD BEFORE HI...
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clo...
_And the Lord said_, &c. The Logos, or Son of God, said unto Satan; _The Lord_ Namely, God the Father; _rebuke thee_ And not suffer thy mischievous imagination against Jerusalem and the temple to pros...
THE VISION OF THE HIGH PRIEST. The Lord had just referred to the glorification of His people. He now proceeds to show how this would take place....
And He, the presiding Angel of Jehovah, ANSWERED AND SPAKE UNTO THOSE THAT STOOD BEFORE HIM, some of His ministering angels, SAYING, TAKE AWAY THE FILTHY GARMENTS FROM HIM, this signifying the removal...
THE FOURTH VISION - GRACE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE HIGH PRIEST OVERCOMING SATAN'S OPPOSITION (vv. 1-5) In verse 1 the angel who talked with Zechariah showed him Joshua the high priest standing before t...
1-5 The angel showed Joshua, the high priest, to Zechariah, in a vision. Guilt and corruption are great discouragements when we stand before God. By the guilt of the sins committed by us, we are liab...
AND HE; the Lord Christ, who purifieth his church, who purgeth away her sin, and clothes her with rich and clean garments. ANSWERED; so the Hebrew, and so this prophet speaks, though no question went...
Zechariah 3:4 answered H6030 (H8799) spoke H559 (H8799) stood H5975 (H8802) before H6440 saying H559 ...
THE FOURTH VISION. THE HEAVENLY COURT - THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD IS RESTORED. GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE PERSON OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE HIGH PRIEST ARE FITTED FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HIS PURPOSES (ZECHARIAH 3:1...
CLOTHE (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 3:21). _...
CONTENTS: Visions of Zechariah. Joshua and Satan before the angel of the Lord. Jehovah's servant, The Branch. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Joshua, Satan, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: By the guilt of our sins w...
Zechariah 3:1. _Joshua the highpriest standing before the angel of the Lord,_ to make intercession for the restoration of Israel. This was a figure of Jesus, whose name he bore. _And Satan,_ the adver...
_And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing _ JOSHUA THE PRIEST We learn from the Book of Ezra (Ezra 2:36) that among the exiles who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon, were Joshua or Jeshu...
_Take away the filthy garments from him _ REMOVAL OF GUILT Zechariah was shown the state and condition of God’s Church in his day, and the change wrought upon that Church; a change that must be wrou...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 3:4 The Lord commands his servants to REMOVE THE FILTHY GARMENTS. This removes Joshua’s sin. God also orders that Joshua be clothed in PURE VESTMENTS, garments suitable to...
CRITICAL NOTES.] HE] The interpreting angel. STANDING] As before a judge (Numbers 35:12; Deuteronomy 19:17; 1 Kings 3:16). A judicial transaction represented, say some. But the high priest is describe...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 3:1 _§ 6. The fourth vision: Joshua the high priest before the angel._ ZECHARIAH 3:1 HE SHOWED ME. The Septuagint and Vulgate give, "The Lord showed me." Some suppose that it w...
Now the fifth vision, the Lord showed him Joshua. Now Joshua was the high priest who along with Zerrubbel, a priest who was in charge of the rebuilding of the temple. Stood side by side with Zerrubbel...
1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Samuel 12:13;...
A VISION OF SATAN'S FURY Zechariah 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our message presents the vision of Zechariah as he sees Joshua, the high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing...
And he — Christ. Unto those — Ministerial angels. I have caused — What angels could not take away, Christ did; he removed the filth of sin, the guilt and stain of it. With change of raiment — Clean an...