Zechariah 3:4 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 3:4

So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

BSB

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ASV

And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.

KJV

And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah (420)

(Chapter III - Verse 1 and following) And he showed me Jesus, the great high priest, standing before the angel of the Lord: and Satan was standing at his right hand to oppose him. And the Lord said to Satan: May the Lord rebuke you, Satan, may the Lord rebuke you who has chosen Jerusalem. Is this not a brand plucked out of the fire? And Jesus was clothed in filthy garments, and he stood before the face of the angel who responded and said to those who stood before him, saying: Take away the filthy garments from him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Unto those - Ministerial angels. I have caused - What angels could not take away, Christ did; he removed the filth of sin, the guilt and stain of it. With change of raiment - Clean and rich, the emblem of holiness.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God will make them wise, and humble, and diligent, and faithful, and examples of every thing that is good; and then Joshua is clothed with change of raiment. Thus those whom Christ makes spiritual priests are clothed with the spotless robe of his righteousness and appear before God in that, and with the graces of his Spirit, which are ornaments to them.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Take away the filthy garments - The Jews wore sackcloth in times of public calamity; probably the filthy garments refer to this. Let their clothing be changed. I have turned again their captivity; I will fully restore them, and blot out all their iniquities.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 611: “Zechariah'S Vision Of Joshua The High Priest” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1865)

THE original intention of this vision was to foretell the revival of the Jewish state after its long depression through the Babylonian captivity. Joshua, the high priest, with his tattered garments, must be looked upon as the type of the Jewish people in their deep distress. He was ministering before the Lord in worn and filthy garments, to show at once the sin of Israel and the poverty into which they had fallen.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֣עַן	vai.Ya.'an	and he answered	H6030 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָעֹמְדִ֤ים	ha.'o.me.Dim	those [who] were standing	H5975 →
לְפָנָיו֙	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
הָסִ֛ירוּ	ha.Si.ru	remove	H5493 →
הַבְּגָדִ֥ים	ha.be.ga.Dim	the garments	H899 →
הַצֹּאִ֖ים	ha.tzo.'Im	<the> filthy	H6674 →
מֵעָלָ֑יו	me.'a.Lav	from on <the> him	H5921 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלָ֗יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
רְאֵ֨ה	re.'Eh	see	H7200 →
הֶעֱבַ֤רְתִּי	he.'e.Var.ti	I have taken away	H5674 →
מֵעָלֶ֙יךָ֙	me.'a.Lei.kha	from on <the> you	H5921 →
עֲוֹנֶ֔ךָ	'a.vo.Ne.kha	iniquity your	H5771 →
וְהַלְבֵּ֥שׁ	ve.hal.Besh	and I will clothe	H3847 →
אֹתְךָ֖	'o.te.Kha	<obj.> you	H853 →
מַחֲלָצֽוֹת׃	ma.cha.la.Tzot	robes	H4254 →

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

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 7:14
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…
leads to
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 22:14
  Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
- Hebrews 13:12
  And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
- Revelation 1:5
  and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by…
- Revelation 12:11
  They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Through
Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- John 3:5
  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- Jeremiah 33:8
  And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.