Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3
CHAP. III. Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of the church and Christ the Branch are promised. Before Christ 519. read more
Zechariah 3
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:1
Zechariah 3:1. And he shewed me Joshua, &c.— We have here the fourth vision. Zechariah relates in this chapter, that he saw the high-priest Joshua or Jesus the son of Josedech, standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan accusing him; of which accusation Joshua was acquitted, and was raised to honour; when God tells him that he was going to bring forth the Branch, that is, the Messiah, and that he should be as a stone upon which there were seven eyes or fountains. See the notes on... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:2
Zechariah 3:2. Is not this a brand, &c.— "Is not this small remnant returned from captivity, miraculously rescued from utter destruction, like a brand plucked out of the fire; and can it be thought that the Almighty will not preserve them?" See Amos 4:11. Instead of, Rebuke thee, in the imperative, Houbigant reads in the future, Will rebuke or restrain thee. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:4
Zechariah 3:4. 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 and national sins of the Jews, and his restoring them to his favour and protection. The Jews used to change their garments under any public calamity; which calamity being over, they expressed the change of their condition, and the greatness of their joy, by clothing themselves in... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:5
Zechariah 3:5. And I said, &c.— And I command that they set, &c. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:7
Zechariah 3:7. And I will give thee places to walk— And thou shalt have by me free access to those that stand by; namely the angels. See chap. Zechariah 4:10. The allusion is to those walks which were in the temple; such as Christ walked in, Joh 10:23 and the pavement in Ezekiel's temple, Ezekiel 40:17-18. Peters supposes that this is a promise made to Joshua, that if he discharged his office with fidelity God would hereafter give him a place in heaven, among the blessed angels, his attendants.... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:8
Zechariah 3:8. For they are men wondered at— Men of wonder, is a Hebraism for signifying, or typical men; men portending future things, or proposed to others for signs and types; [τερατοσκοποι, LXX.] as men of blood, and men of mercy, are put for bloody and merciful men. Joshua being distinguished as one of these typical persons, when the prophet, directing God's word to him, who was in no sense the branch that they expected, adds, Behold my servant the Branch, it was hardly possible that they... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:9
Zechariah 3:9. 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 by himself. Seven eyes— עין aiin, signifies a fountain, as well as an eye; and there seems to be a plain allusion here to the rock which Moses smote in the wilderness, and brought waters out of it for the refreshment of the people of God; and that rock, says St. Paul, was Christ; 1... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 3
CHAPTER 3 :-. FOURTH VISION. Joshua the high priest before the angel of Jehovah; accused by Satan, but justified by Jehovah through Messiah the coming Branch. read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 3:10
"In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.""In that day ..." positively identifies this whole passage as Messianic. The thing prophesied here is the peace, tranquility, and happiness of the children of God in the kingdom of Christ. We have already seen this agricultural prosperity used repeatedly in the minor prophets as a metaphor for the blessings of God's children in the Messianic age. read more