Orient. Protestants, "the branch, and he shall grow up out of his place." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "under or from himself." This alludes to the miraculous birth of Christ, (Isaias xi. 1.) whom the prophet had principally in view; though his hearers might naturally understand (Calmet) Zorobabel, who was to preserve the royal family and build the temple. (Theodoret; St. Jerome) --- Yet he was only a shadow of the Messias, chap. iii. 8. (Calmet)
Verse Zechariah 6:12. _BEHOLD THE MAN WHOSE NAME IS THE BRANCH!_] I cannot think that _Zerubbabel_ is here intended; indeed, he is not so much as mentioned in Zechariah 3:8. _Joshua and his companion...
The prophet is taught to explain his own symbolic act. “Behold the Man whose name is the Branch” . “Not for himself, but for Christ, whose name Joshua bare, and whose Priesthood and Princedom he repre...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The eighth vision (Zechariah 6:1) _ 2. The crowning of Joshua, the High-Priest (Zechariah 6:9) Zechariah 6:1. The last vision is the vision of the four chariots. We notice the similar...
A CROWN FOR ZERUBBABEL. The text is considerably confused, partly through accident, partly it would seem by deliberate alteration. The Heb. of the words rendered and come thou the same day, and go int...
SAYING. Some codices, with the Septuagint and Syriac, omit this verb but in that case the Ellipsis (App-6), must be supplied in italics. See note on Psalms 109:5. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zecha...
_the_ BRANCH] See chap. Zechariah 3:8 and note. _out of his place_ Lit. FROM UNDER HIM. Comp. for the expression Exodus 10:23; and for the meaning Isaiah 11:1;...
DISCOURSE: 1247 CHRIST SAVING BY HIS UNITED OFFICES Zechariah 6:12. Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shal...
CHAPTER XXXV THE PROCLAMATION OF THE MESSIAH Zechariah 6:9-15 RV. And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come th...
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: THUS...
6:12 Branch; (e-19) Strictly, 'Sprout,' as ch. 3.8; from the same root as 'grow up,' in this verse....
THE EIGHTH VISION. THE SYMBOLIC CROWNING 1-8. Four war-chariots, with variously coloured horses, go forth to execute God's judgments against the enemies of oppressed Israel in different parts of the...
13. These vv. are somewhat difficult. The simplest way out of the difficulty is to suppose that, after the word HEAD in Zechariah 6:11, the words 'of Zerubbabel and' have accidentally fallen out. This...
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...
THE MAN. — Better, _a man,_ as in Isaiah 32:2. BRANCH. — See Note on Zechariah 3:8. SHALL BUILD. — This verb is often used in a figurative sense: _e.g.,_ of a family (Genesis 16:2). Since Zerubbabel...
וְ אָמַרְתָּ֤ אֵלָיו֙ לֵ אמֹ֔ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
THE RESULT OF THE VISIONS: THE CROWNING OF THE KING OF ISRAEL Zechariah 6:9 The heathen being overthrown, Israel is free, and may have her king again. Therefore Zechariah is ordered-it would appear o...
THE VISION OF THE CHARIOTS Zechariah 6:1-15 This is a vision of protection and deliverance. Four chariots issue from the mountains around Jerusalem. The colors of the horses represent the commission...
In the last vision the prophet observed four chariots, coming out from between two mountains of brass, one drawn by red horses, one by black horses, one by white horses, and one by grizzled horses. In...
And speak to him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The (n) BRANCH; and he shall grow (o) up out of his place, and he shall (p) build the temple of the LO...
"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (10) Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the...
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 vision is now explained; for if the chief priest, without this explanation, had been adorned with two crowns, there must have been much talk among the people, “What means this?” God here shows tha...
In chapter 6 we are shewn the government of God in the four monarchies, but neither as immediate government on God's part nor merely that of human government. We have seen power committed to man in th...
AND SPEAK UNTO HIM, SAYING,.... That is, to Joshua the high priest, having the crowns on his head: THUS SPEAKETH THE LORD OF HOSTS, SAYING, BEHOLD THE MAN WHOSE NAME [IS] THE BRANCH; which is not to...
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name [is] The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: Ver....
_And speak unto him, saying_ Bishop Chandler justly observes, that the prophet's speech is directed to Joshua only; the two crowns are put only on the head of Joshua; to him only it is said, _Behold t...
and speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold, the man whose name Is The BRANCH, t he Zemach spoken of in 3:8; AND HE SHALL GROW UP OUT OF HIS PLACE, Jeremiah 33:15, as a...
THE CROWNING OF THE HIGH PRIEST...
THE EIGHTH VISION - FOUR CHARIOTS (vv. 1-8) The last of Zechariah's visions is of four chariots coming forth between the two mountains (JND). Note that the definite article "the" is used here, and i...
GROW UP OUT OF HIS PLACE: Or, branch up from under him...
9-15 Some Jews from Babylon brought an offering to the house of God. Those who cannot forward a good work by their persons, must, as they are able, forward it by their purses: if some find hands, let...
SPEAK UNTO HIM; Joshua, but in hearing of others, and in the name of the Lord. BEHOLD; consider thoroughly the import and meaning of this unusual ceremony. THE MAN; thou, Joshua, art the type or figur...
Zechariah 6:12 speak H559 (H8804) saying H559 (H8800) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 saying...
THE CROWNING OF JOSHUA AS PROXY FOR THE BRANCH - WITNESSED BY THE RETURNING EXILES AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OTHERS TO RETURN (ZECHARIAH 6:9). The acting out of the future was a regular prophetic method...
BRANCH (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 4:2). _...
Zechariah 6:12 I. A priest upon His throne in the temple of the Lord. Such is the vision upon which the gaze of Zechariah was fixed, and which gave joy to his heart in that cloudy and dark day. The gr...
CONTENTS: Vision of the four chariots. The symbolic crowning of Joshua. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Zechariah, angel, Joshua, Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, Josiah. CONCLUSION: Following the day when God's j...
Zechariah 6:1. _Four chariots._ The four great monarchies seen in vision by Daniel, under the form of four beasts: chap. 7. The mountains of brass are expressive of the strength of those empires. Dani...
_And set them upon the head of Joshua _ THE MATCHLESS MAN IN HISTORY The crowning, the work, and the position of Joshua spoken of in these verses, are obviously employed to symbolise some coming man...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 6:9 This oracle describes a sign-act that looks forward to the successful rebuilding of the temple. ⇐...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 6:12 Joshua is to be crowned as a symbol of the reality to come. THE BRANCH. See Jeremiah 33:15. Zechariah repeats Jeremiah’s promise of
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 6:9.] _The ninth vision_. Crowns on Joshua. ZECHARIAH 6:10.] The persons named appear to have formed a deputation from the captives still remaining in Babylon, who had sen...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 6:1 § 10. _The eighth vision: the four chariots._ ZECHARIAH 6:1 I TURNED, AND LIFTED UP MINE EYES (see note on Zechariah
Zechariah, chapter 6. Now as we pointed out, the Lord gave to Zechariah ten visions. Visions are subject to interpretation. Oftentimes the meaning of them is rather veiled. And unless the Lord gives t...
1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:5; Acts 13:38; Acts 17:31;...
Unto him — Joshua, but in the hearing of others. Whose name is the Branch — Whom you know by the name of the Branch, who was called so long since. Thou, O Joshua art the portrait, he is the Branch its...