Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 13:3
Prophesy — Falsely. His father — His dearest friends. Shall thrust him through — That is, shall wound, shall chastise him with stripes that may leave their marks behind.
Prophesy — Falsely. His father — His dearest friends. Shall thrust him through — That is, shall wound, shall chastise him with stripes that may leave their marks behind.
Verse Zechariah 13:3. _WHEN ANY SHALL YET PROPHESY_] Falsely; such shall be the horror of such an evil, that there shall be no toleration of it. Itself, and they who practise it, shall be everywhere d...
HIS FATHER AND MOTHER THAT BEGAT HIM SHALL SAY UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT NOT LIVE - The prophet describes the zeal against false prophecy, with reference to the law against those who seduced to apostasy fr...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The cleansing (Zechariah 13:1) _ 2. The blessed results of the cleansing (Zechariah 13:2) 3. The smitten Shepherd (Zechariah 13:7) 4. Salvation and condemnation ...
The result of the national repentance is the removal of guilt. The figure of the fountain is perhaps suggested by Ezekiel 47. The first sign of Judah's true restoration will be the abolition of all id...
IT SHALL COME TO PASS. In that yet future day. THE LORD. H eb. _Jehovah_. App-4. SHALL THRUST HIM THROUGH. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 18:20). App-92....
Zechariah 13:1-6. Worthy fruits of Repentance The mourning for sin thus produced and exhibited (Zechariah 12:10-14) shall be the precursor of cleansing from sin, for which ample and lasting provision...
_his father and his mother_ In holy zeal they would carry out the law, "thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death." Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:9....
THOU SPEAKEST LIES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD— We may collect from these words, that those prophets only were to be exterminated who would be esteemed prophets of the true religion, as the most dangerous...
IN THAT DAY (8). Zechariah 13:2-3 RV. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; a...
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and...
PURIFICATION OF JERUSALEM Important results follow this great act of national sorrow. 1. The land is purged of SIN; 2A, of idols; 2B-6, of prophets, who as a class have fallen into disrepute, and who...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 13 V1 ‘In that day, a fountain will become open. (It will be) for the family of David and for everybody that lives in Jerusalem. It...
XIII. (1-3) Some critics consider that Zechariah 12; Zechariah 13:1, _and_ Zechariah 14 _were composed in the time of Jehoiakim_ (_cir._ 600), _or that_...
The reaction from superstition would be scepticism. The people would no longer believe in prophecy at all, and the very parents of a prophet would slay him as an impostor, even though not legally conv...
וְ הָיָ֗ה כִּֽי ־יִנָּבֵ֣א אִישׁ֮ עֹוד֒ וְ
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...
9. FOUR RESULTS OF JERUSALEM'S DELIVERANCE Zechariah 12:8; Zechariah 13:1 Upon the deliverance of Jerusalem, by the help of the converted Judah, there follow four results, each introduced by the wor...
A DAY OF TESTING Zechariah 13:1-9; Zechariah 14:1 This Fountain was opened, when the soldier pierced the Savior's side. But it is not enough for God to forgive; He must deal drastically with the wayw...
This, however, will be brought about when, recognizing their sin, the chosen people repent with mourning. In that day, by way of a fountain opened to them, they will be cleansed from all the things wh...
And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet (d) prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say to him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD:...
Not live. The law condemned those prophets to death, who attempted to lead the people into idolatry, Deuteronomy xiii. 1. People shall be so zealous for God's honour, that the parents of the seducer s...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and...
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...
The same concession is made in this verse, where Zechariah speaks of the office of prophesying: he indeed confines what he says altogether to false teachers, for he takes it as granted that there was...
In chapter 13 all is cleansed. The fountain is open to the house of David, whose sin had ruined the people, without abrogating the rights or weakening the grace of God; and also to the people of Jerus...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, [THAT] WHEN ANY SHALL YET PROPHESY,.... Or attempt to prophesy, or propagate their idolatrous religion and principles after this time, when they shall be abundantly detected...
And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: an...
_And when any shall yet prophesy_ Namely, falsely; _then his father and his mother shall say unto him_ His dearest friends shall discourse with him, and inform him what the law of Moses directs in thi...
THE FRUITS OF PENITENCE...
And it shall come to pass that when any shall yet prophesy, continuing his wicked profession in spite of the changed attitude of men, THEN HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER THAT BEGAT HIM SHALL SAY UNTO HIM,...
RESULTS IN GREAT BLESSING (vv. 1-4) Zechariah 13:1 is directly connected with what went before in Zechariah 12:1. Judah's repentance will find a wonderful restoring answer on the part of God. The fo...
1-6 In the time mentioned at the close of the foregoing chapter, a fountain would be opened to the rulers and people of the Jews, in which to wash away their sins. Even the atoning blood of Christ, u...
WHEN ANY SHALL YET PROPHESY; whosoever he be that shall pretend hereafter to prophesy through the instigation of that unclean spirit, for it can be from no other, when the Lord shall have fully reveal...
Zechariah 13:3 anyone H376 prophesies H5012 (H8735) father H1 mother H517 begot H3205 (H8802) say H559 ...
THE CESSATION OF THE GUILD OF PROPHETS BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER TRUE (ZECHARIAH 13:2). Zechariah 13:2 ‘And it will happen in that day,' says YHWH of Hosts, ‘that I will cut off the names of the ido...
Zechariah 13:1 I. In the words "for sin and for uncleanness" there is apparently an allusion in the former to the water used in the purification of the Levites at their consecration, and in the latter...
Zechariah 13:1. _In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness._ They shall see that pardon when they have truly seen...
Zechariah 12:10. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they...
CONTENTS: Repentant remnant of Israel in the last days. Refined by great tribulation. «Israel again restored to God's favor. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Israel, at the end of the...
Zechariah 13:1. _In that day there shall be a fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness._ The beasts slain without the camp, the execrated beasts, from whose ashes the waters of sprinkling were secr...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 13:1 To cleanse the repentant people from their sin, God will open up a FOUNTAIN (v. Zechariah 13:1) from which will flow the run
CRITICAL NOTES.] This verse completes the thought of Zechariah 11:10. God not only pours out the Spirit, but provides means of purification. “The verse exhibits the two grand doctrines of the gospel—j...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 13:1 § 3._ This repentance will lead to purification from past defilement, and a reaction against idolatry and false prophet._ ZECHARIAH 13:1 IN THAT DAY. At the time when the...
And in that day (Zechariah 13:1) "In that day, in that day." Here it is again, "in that day," there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and u...
2 Corinthians 5:16; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 18:20; Deuteronomy 33:9;...