ゼカリヤ書 8:21-23 JC

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:23

Ten men of all languages of the nations - Ten is the symbol of a whole, all the numbers before it meeting in it and starting again from it. The day of Pentecost was to be the reversal of the confusion of Babel; all were to have one voice, as God had said, “It (the time) shall come to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see My glory” Isaiah 66:18.They shall lay hold of the skirt of one man who is a Jew - Jerome: “That is, of the Lord and Saviour, of whom it is said, “A prince... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:20-22

Zechariah 8:20-22. It shall yet come to pass, &c. The design of this and the three following verses is evidently to show the high degree of estimation in which Jerusalem and the Jews would hereafter be held, by foreign nations, when those among them, who were piously disposed to worship Jehovah the true God, would come to worship him at Jerusalem, as a place of peculiar sanctity; and those who wanted protection would humbly sue to the Jews for it, convinced that the men of that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:23

Zechariah 8:23. In those days ten men That is, many men, a definite number being put for an indefinite. Out of all languages of the nations From many different and remote countries, no nation being any longer excluded; shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew Christians are sometimes called by the name of Jews, as being confessors of the true religion, and those to whom the promises, made to the fathers of the Jewish nation, chiefly belong. In this sense especially the word is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-23

Confidence for the future (8:1-23)Zechariah goes on to outline the blessings that will come to Jerusalem when God dwells there. God’s love for Jerusalem was the reason why he punished it so severely. With corresponding zeal he will restore it to a favoured place according to his covenant promises (8:1-3).In the new community of God’s people, there will be no place for fear or violence. Old and young alike will enjoy lives of freedom and contentment greater than they imagined possible (4-6).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 8:21

Let us go speedily. Figure of speech Polyptolon. App-6 . Hebrew a going, let us go = Let us by all means go: or, speedily, as in Authorized Version. See note on Genesis 26:28 . Compare Isaiah 2:3 .Micah 4:2 . to pray , &c. See note on Zechariah 7:2 . the LORD, &c. Hebrew (with 'eth ) = Jehovah of hosts Himself. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 8:23

those days . The fulfilment of this still future. men . Hebrew, plural of enosh. App-14 . you : i.e. with God's People Israel. that. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "that" in the text. Supply the Ellipsis (will be the time] that. " read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:22

"Yea, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek Jehovah of hosts, and to entreat the favor of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."This is but a continuation of the prophecy of the previous two verses regarding the worldwide multiplication of followers of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:23

Zechariah 8:23. In those days, &c.— Verily in those days ten men, &c. Christians are sometimes called by the name of Jews, or confessors of the true religion, as being those to whom the promises made to the fathers of the Jewish nation chiefly belong. In this sense the word is to be taken here. The sense of the passage, therefore, is, that the heathen shall apply themselves to the Christian pastors and ministers for instruction, in order to qualify themselves for being admitted into the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:21

21. Let us . . . I—manifesting zeal and love: converted themselves, they seek the conversion of others (Song of Solomon 1:4). To exhortation in general ("Let us go"), they add individual example ("I will go"). Or, the change from plural to singular implies that the general consent in religious earnestness leads each individual to decide for God. go speedily—literally, "go, going"; implying intense earnestness. pray—Hebrew, "entreat the face" (Song of Solomon 1:4- :); entreat His favor and grace. read more