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Zechariah 3:4

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 wear in the presence of the King of kings. These garments represent a new righteousness given to Joshua.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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-...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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._,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֣עַן וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל ־הָ עֹמְדִ֤ים

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Change, such as were worn on festivals. This shewed that the people should exchange adversity for joy._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 3:4 answered H6030 (H8799) spoke H559 (H8799) stood H5975 (H8802) before H6440 saying H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    CLOTHE (_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 3:21). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Kings 22:19; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 2 Samuel 12:13;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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