Zechariah 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 1:8

I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.

BSB

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ASV

I saw in the night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were horses, red, sorrel, and white.

KJV

I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I saw by night - The time was emblematical of the affliction under which the Jews groaned. A man - An angel in the form of a man: supposed to have been the Lord Jesus; who seems to have appeared often in this way, as a prelude to his incarnation; see Jos 5:13; Eze 1:26; Dan 7:13; Dan 10:6. The same, probably, that appeared to Joshua with a drawn sword, as the captain of the Lord’s host. Jos 5:13-15. A red horse - An emblem of war and bloodshed.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Behind him - Christ was, as becomes a captain, at the head, the rest, as his soldiers, are behind attending on him. Red horses - Horses and horsemen, and those are angels, ver. 10. And the colour of these horses is red, probably denoting the bloody condition of states and kingdoms, by wars one against another when God punisheth his church, or when he avengeth himself.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This man is no other than the man Christ Jesus, the same that appeared to Joshua with his sword drawn in his hand as captain of the host of the Lord ( Josh. v. 13, 14 ) and to John with his bow and his crown, Rev. vi. Though the church was in a low condition, yet Christ was present in the midst of it.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רָאִ֣יתִי׀	ra.'I.ti	I saw	H7200 →
הַלַּ֗יְלָה	ha.Lay.lah	the night	H3915 →
וְהִנֵּה־	ve.hi.neh-	and there!	H2009 →
אִישׁ֙	'ish	a man	H376 →
רֹכֵב֙	ro.Khev	[was] riding	H7392 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
ס֣וּס	sus	a horse	H5483 →
אָדֹ֔ם	'a.Dom	red	H122 →
וְה֣וּא	ve.Hu'	and he	H1931 →
עֹמֵ֔ד	'o.Med	[was] standing	H5975 →
בֵּ֥ין	bein	between	H996 →
הַהֲדַסִּ֖ים	ha.ha.da.Sim	the myrtle trees	H1918 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בַּמְּצֻלָ֑ה	ba.me.tzu.Lah	[were] in the hollow	H4699 →
וְאַחֲרָיו֙	ve.'a.cha.Rav	and [were] behind him	H310 →
סוּסִ֣ים	su.Sim	horses	H5483 →
אֲדֻמִּ֔ים	'a.du.Mim	red	H122 →
שְׂרֻקִּ֖ים	se.ru.Kim	sorrel	H8320 →
וּלְבָנִֽים׃	u.le.va.Nim	and white	H3836 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against…
leads to
- Mark 14:27
  Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- Matthew 26:31
  Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be…
- John 16:32
  “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father…
- Isaiah 40:11
  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Through
Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
leads to
- Ephesians 3:20–21
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
Through
Revelation 2:1
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
leads to
- Revelation 1:20
  This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands…
- Revelation 1:16
  He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Through
Isaiah 41:19
I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,
leads to
- Isaiah 55:13
  Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Zechariah