Passage Research
Zechariah 3 — Sermon Preparation
Joshua the high priest is stripped of filthy garments and reclothed in purity, foreshadowing forgiveness, restored priesthood, and the coming Branch. Below is a research summary for Zechariah 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 10
- verses
- 164 / 83
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Zechariah 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עָמַד | ʻâmad | H5975 | 6 | stand |
| יְהוֹשׁוּעַ | Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ | H3091 | 5 | Jehoshua |
| מַלְאָךְ | malʼâk | H4397 | 4 | messenger, angel |
| שָׂטָן | sâṭân | H7854 | 3 | opponent, Satan |
| צוֹא | tsôwʼ | H6674 | 2 | soiled |
| לָבַשׁ | lâbash | H3847 | 3 | wrap around, put on a garment |
| צָנִיף | tsânîyph | H6797 | 2 | head-dress, wrapped |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Zechariah 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“All whom God calls to any office he finds fit, or makes so. The Lord will cause the sins of the believer to pass away by his sanctifying grace, and will enable him to walk in newness of life. As the promises made to David often pass into promises of the Messiah, so the promises to Joshua look forward to Christ, of whose priesthood Joshua's was a shadow. Whatever trials we pass through, whatever services we perform, our whole dependence must rest on Christ, the Branch of righteousness. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Zechariah 3:6–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Zech 3:2
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