Verse Zechariah 3:9. _FOR BEHOLD THE STONE THAT I HAVE LAID_] Alluding no doubt to the _foundation stone_ of the temple: but this represented _Christ Jesus_: "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a...
FOR BEHOLD THE STONE, THAT I HARE LAID BEFORE JOSHUA - This must be an expansion of what he had said, or the ground of it, being introduced by, for. It must be something future, to be done by God Hims...
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...
UPON. fixed upon; as in Deuteronomy 11:12. Compare 1 Kings 9:3.Ezra 5:5. ONE STONE: or, every stone. SEVEN EYES. seven pairs _of_ eyes. Watching and caring for. Compare...
_the stone that I have laid set_, R. V. The primary and immediate reference is to the Temple, in re-building which Joshua was then engaged. The "stone," which was perhaps seen lying before him in the...
THAT I HAVE LAID BEFORE JOSHUA— It seems as if the prophet saw in his vision a stone or rock set before Joshua with seven (עינים _ainaiim_) _fountains_ springing out of it, which God says were opened...
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...
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that la...
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
SEVEN EYES] symbolising God's watchful care over His people (see Zechariah 4:10), guarding them against their enemies....
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...
(6-10) The angel of the Lord now proclaims to Joshua a fourfold promise: (1) the confirmation of his official authority, and the elevation of his own spiritual nature; (2) the mission of the Saviour;...
THE STONE. — If this were the meaning of the original, the words “upon one stone” ought to have been _upon that stone._ But “the stone” means _the stones,_ the singular noun being used as a noun of mu...
כִּ֣י ׀ הִנֵּ֣ה הָ אֶ֗בֶן אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַ֨תִּי֙...
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...
For behold the (n) stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I (o) will engrave the engraving of it, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will (p) remove the iniqui...
The stone. Another emblem of Christ, the rock, foundation, and corner-stone of his Church. --- Eyes. The manifold providence of Christ over his Church, or the seven gifts of the Spirit of God. (Challo...
"For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that la...
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...
He more fully sets forth what we have observed in the last verse; but he speaks figuratively. He says that there were seven eyes on the stone which was set before Joshua; and that God would in one day...
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...
FOR, BEHOLD, THE STONE THAT I HAVE LAID BEFORE JOSHUA,.... Not the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel; nor the first and foundation stone of the temple laid by him in the presence of Joshua; but Christ...
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone [shall be] seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that l...
_For behold the stone_, &c. Or, as some render the former part of the verse, _For this is the stone which I lay before Joshua; there are in the same stone seven eyes: I will engrave it with its engrav...
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....
For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes, that is, seven eyes, the number of perfection, would be directed upon him, the loving care of Jehovah being ind...
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...
6-10 All whom God calls to any office he finds fit, or makes so. The Lord will cause the sins of the believer to pass away by his sanctifying grace, and will enable him to walk in newness of life. As...
Here is an ellipsis, and to make it up we must repeat that of the 8th verse, HEAR NOW, & c. For behold, (pointing to a particular stone,) that stone which I have laid, saith God, in the sight of Joshu...
Zechariah 3:9 stone H68 laid H5414 (H8804) before H6440 Joshua H3091 the H259 stone H68 seven H7651 eyes...
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...
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...
_They are men wondered at _ CHRISTIANS A WONDER Joshua and his fellow worshippers were wondered at, both by the idolatrous Chaldeans and the unbelieving Jews, for their faith in the Divine predictio...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 3:8 JOSHUA 1:1 and his FRIENDS, the priestly class, were men who are a sign
CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 3:6.] Here the symbolic act of reclothing is made the occasion of a prophetic address through the high priest to the nation. PROTESTED] Testified, made a solemn declaration a...
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 John 2:2; 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Timothy 2:5; 1 Timothy 2:6; 2 Chronicles 16
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...
Behold — Behold (pointing to a particular stone) that stone which I have laid in the sight of Joshua. Upon one stone — On that stone are seven eyes, probably so placed, that they may look many ways; s...