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Zechariah 3:1

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 resist him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he showed me Joshua the high priest,.... Who was one that came up out of the captivity, and was principally concerned in building the temple, and had many enemies to obstruct him in it; and who…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And He - God, (for the office of the attendant angel was to explain, not to show the visions) “showed me Joshua the high priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord;” probably to be judged by him ;…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And he showed me Joshua the high priest - The Angel of the Lord is the Messiah, as we have seen before; Joshua, the high priest, may here represent the whole Jewish people; and Satan, the grand…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 3:1-7

There was a Joshua that was a principal agent in the first settling of Israel in Canaan; here is another of the same name very active in their second settlement there after the captivity; Jesus is the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Zec 3:1. he shewed me i.e. Jehovah, from whom all the visions proceeded, Zec 1:7; Zec 1:20, shewed me. καὶ ἔδειξέ μοι κύριος, LXX.

Joshua called in the Book of Ezra Jeshua (Zec 2:2; Zec 3:2, etc.).…