ゼカリヤ書 4:11-13, ゼカリヤ書 4:2, ゼカリヤ書 4:3 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:8-14

The Church sustained. "Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house," etc. These verses continue the metaphors of the previous portion, but in the opposite order. Zechariah 4:1-7 begin with the "olive trees" and end with the "house;" Zechariah 4:8-14 begin with the "house" ( Zechariah 4:8-10 ) and conclude with the "trees." We may look on this latter passage, therefore, as a kind of additional message ("moreover," ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:11

Then answered I. The prophet had received a general explanation of the vision; he had probably understood that the candelabrum represented the theocracy, of whose restoration and life the temple was the symbol and vehicle. One point was still obscure, and he asks, What are these two olive trees? ( Zechariah 4:3 ). To this question no answer is immediately forthcoming, the answer being delayed in order to augment the prophet's desire of understanding the vision, and to induce him to make... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:11-14

The olive trees and the candlesticks: model religious teachers. "Then answered I, and said unto him," etc. This is not another vision, but an explanation of the one recorded in the preceding verses. The explanation is that the two branches of the olive tree which, by means of the two tubes of gold empty their oil, is that they represented "two anointed ones," or sons of oil. Perhaps Joshua and Zerubbabel are particularly referred to. "Because," says Henderson, "when installed into office... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:12

The prophet perceives the chief point in the mystic olive trees, so he alters his question the second time, asking, What be these two olive branches? ( shibbolim ); Vulgate, spicae , "ears," as of corn, so called, as Kimchi supposes, because they were full of berries, as the ears are full of grains of corn. Which through the two golden pipes, etc.; rather, which by means of two golden tubes are emptying the golden oil out of themselves. The oil dropped of itself from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:13

Knowest thou not? (comp. Zechariah 4:5 ). The angel wishes to impress upon the prophet whence came the power of the theocracy and the Divine order manifested therein. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:11

And I answered and said - The vision, as a whole, had been explained to him. The prophet asks as to subordinate parts, which seemed perhaps inconsistent with the whole. If the whole imports that everything should be done by the Spirit of God, not by human power, what means it that there are these two olive-trees? And when the Angel returned no answer, to invite perhaps closer attention and a more definite question, he asks again; read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:12

What are the two spikes of the olive? - Comparing the extreme branches of the olive-tree, laden with their fruit, to the ears of corn, which “were by or in the hand of the golden pipes, which empty forth the golden oil from themselves.” Zechariah’s expression, in the hand of or, if so be, by the hand of the two pipes, shows that these two were symbols of living agents, for it is nowhere, used except of a living agent, or of that which it personified as such. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 4:11-14

Zechariah 4:11-14. Then answered I Or, Then spake I, the Hebrew word ענה being not only used of giving an answer to a question, but likewise of beginning or continuing a discourse. What are these two olive-trees, &c. The prophet had learned the meaning of the candlestick and its lamps, and now wants to know what the two olive-trees signify; and no answer being given to his question, he immediately proceeds to ask another; and in the answer given to it he acquiesces. Observe, reader,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 4:1-14

Encouragement to Zerubbabel (4:1-14)The next vision is of a seven-headed lampstand standing between two olive trees. The olive trees pour their oil into a central bowl on top of the lampstand. The oil from this central bowl then feeds the seven lamps that provide the light. This means that the lamps do not need anyone to look after them. Light is provided supernaturally through the constant supply of oil from the trees (4:1-5; see also v. 12).This vision was of particular encouragement to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 4:12

empty the golden oil out of themselves = empty out of themselves [and fill] the golden [bowls], read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:8-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 4:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 4:11-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 4:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 4:12

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