Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 13:6
With which I was wounded — To recover me from ruining myself and others by imposture, see Zechariah 13:3.
With which I was wounded — To recover me from ruining myself and others by imposture, see Zechariah 13:3.
Verse Zechariah 13:6. _WHAT_ ARE _THESE WOUNDS IN THINE HANDS?_] _Marks_ which he had received in honour of his idols. But he shall excuse himself by stating that he had received these marks in his _...
AND ONE SHALL SAY UNTO HIM, WHAT ARE THOSE WOUNDS IN THY HANDS? - The words are simple; the meaning different , according as they are united with what immediately precedes, or the main subject, Him wh...
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...
ONE SHALL SAY UNTO HIM. Messiah is here spoken of, in contrast with these prophets. Spoken in the yet future time, and referring to His past rejection, and to the time when His wounds had been receive...
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...
_wounds in thine hands_ Lit. BETWEEN THY HANDS; i.e. probably, on thy breast: _between thine arms_, R. V. Comp. "between his arms," i.e. in his back, 2 Kings 9:24; "between your eyes," i.e. on your fo...
THESE WOUNDS— Two ancient usages are clearly alluded to here; the one, that of the idolatrous priests and prophets, who sought to engage the attention and favour of their deity by cutting and slashing...
IN THAT DAY (9). Zechariah 13:4-6 RV. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to...
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. BUT HE SHALL SAY, I AM NO PROPHET, I AM AN FARMER - the detection of one of the false prophet...
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...
IN THINE HANDS] Heb. 'between thine hands,' probably referring to self-mutilation practised in idolatrous rites: cp. Jeremiah 48:37; 1 Kings 18:28. These wounds, says the accused person, I received wh...
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...
IN. — Better, _between_ — _i.e.,_ on the hands and up the arms. His interrogator accuses him of having cut himself in idolatrous worship (1 Kings 18:28). The meaning of the latter part of the verse de...
וְ אָמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו מָ֧ה הַ מַּכֹּ֛ות הָ
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...
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 [one] shall say to him, What [are] these (h) wounds in thy hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends. (h) By this he shows that though their paren...
_Loved me. My parents marked me thus, ver. 3. (Calmet) --- Some have understood this of Jesus Christ. (Rupert) (St. Thomas Aquinas) --- But the context excludes this interpretation, which would be inj...
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...
Here the Prophet, in order to finish what we explained yesterday, says that such would be the discipline among the new people after having repented, that each in his own house would chastise his sons...
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 [ONE] SHALL SAY UNTO HIM, WHAT [ARE] THESE WOUNDS IN THINE HANDS?.... That is, if thou art not a prophet, what is the meaning of these wounds in thine hands? which design either those his father a...
And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends. Ver. 6. _And one shall say unto him, What ar...
_What are these wounds in thy hands_ “Two ancient usages,” Blayney thinks, “are alluded to; the one, that of the idolatrous priests and prophets, who sought to engage the attention and favour of their...
THE FRUITS OF PENITENCE...
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? the scars which he bore as a result of his wounding himself in the service of idols, 1 Kings 18:28. THEN HE SHALL ANSWER, in trying to...
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...
This verse continueth the account of the reclaimed prophet, and supposeth, what is usual, that some will inquire what was the meaning of the marks or impressions on his hands, whether they were not su...
Zechariah 13:6 say H559 (H8804) wounds H4347 arms H3027 answer H559 (H8804) wounded H5221 (H8717) house...
THE FALSE PROPHETS WILL BE ASHAMED OF HAVING BEEN PROPHETS (ZECHARIAH 13:4). Zechariah 13:4 ‘And it will happen that the prophets will be ashamed every one of his vision when he prophesies, neither w...
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...
_What are these wounds in Thine hands?_ THE CHRISTIANISING OF CHRISTIANITY Christ, or Christianity--the system of thought and life which bears the name of Christ--has been injured by its friends, mor...
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...
1 Kings 18:28; John 18:35; John 19:14; Proverbs 27:5; Proverbs 27:6;