Zechariah 3:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 3:1

Zechariah 3:1. And he showed me He, that is, the angel, who talked with him, after delivering the message in the preceding chapter, proceeded to another representation; Joshua the high-priest, &c. We find from Haggai, that Joshua the son of Josedech was at this time high-priest. He stands here as representing the whole Jewish people. Standing before the angel of the Lord This angel was Christ, or the Logos, mentioned Zechariah 1:11, and called the Lord in the following verse,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 3:1-10

Encouragement to Joshua (3:1-10)Zechariah then has a vision in which he sees Satan accuse the high priest Joshua (and therefore the people he represents) of being unclean. Because of their long exile in idolatrous Babylon, they are no longer fit to enter God’s presence. In other words, Satan is hinting that the people are wasting their time building the temple. Since they are unclean, no sacrifices that they offer there will be acceptable to God (3:1; see also v. 3).God replies that he has not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 3:1

shewed one. This is the fourth of the eight visions. See the Structure, p. 1281. Joshua. See note on Haggai 1:1 . standing. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for ministering. the angel. See note on Zechariah 1:9 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . Satan . . . to resist him. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ). Hebrew. hassatan . . . lesitno = the Adversary . . . to be an adversary; or, the Accuser . . . to accuse him, &c. Satan Accuser, or... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 3:1

This remarkable vision (Zechariah 3:1-10) was shown to the prophet by God Himself; and it is primarily concerned with the status of Israel after the captivity. God had rejected and destroyed, but not totally, the entire nation of the Jews, including both their wicked states: Ephraim and Judah. This near-total destruction of the once-chosen people followed the corruption and apostasy of the whole people from the loving God who had delivered them from Egyptian slavery, with the terminal result... read more

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

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 3:1

1. Joshua as high priest ( :-) represents "Jerusalem" ( :-), or the elect people, put on its trial, and "plucked" narrowly "out of the fire." His attitude, "standing before the Lord," is that of a high priest ministering before the altar erected previously to the building of the temple (Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:3; Ezra 3:6; Psalms 135:2). Yet, in this position, by reason of his own and his people's sins, he is represented as on his and their trial (Psalms 135:2- :). he showed me—"He" is the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 3:1

Zechariah’s guiding angel next showed the prophet, in his vision, Joshua (lit. Yahweh saves), Israel’s current high priest (Zechariah 6:11; Ezra 5:2; Nehemiah 7:7; Haggai 1:1), standing before the angel of the Lord (Zechariah 1:11-12). "The accuser" (lit. "the Satan," Heb. hasatan) was standing at Joshua’s right hand prepared to accuse him before the angel of the Lord (cf. Job 1:6-12; Job 2:1-7; Revelation 12:10). The writer made a play on the Hebrew word in its noun and verb forms here... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 3:1-5

1. The symbolic Acts 3:1-5 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 3:1-10

The Fourth VisionJoshua, better known under the later form Jeshua (Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:7-8, Nehemiah 12:10, etc.), was the son of Jehozadak, a member of the priestly order. He returned with the Jews from exile, and was prominently associated with Zerubbabel in the erection of the Second Temple. In 1 Esdras and Ecclus. the name appears simply as ’Jesus.’1-7. Joshua, the high priest, is seen in a vision standing before the angel of God, accused by the adversary of being unworthy, as... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 3:1

(1) And he.—Probably, the angel-interpreter.Joshua.—The various forms of this name, that of the Saviour of the world, are well worth noticing. The oldest form of the word is that used here, Yehoshua‘, which was contracted into Yoshua‘ (Mishnah, passim), also into Yeshua’ (Ezra 2:2), and then into Yeshu. This last was represented in Greek by Ιηοου, and with the nominative ending s became Ἰησοῦν. In the Talmudim the name takes also the forms Îsâ and Îsî, and in Arabic ‘Îsâ.Standing before.—There... read more

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