Outline/Summary A potter’s field, a field of blood The Jewish leaders perceived Jesus’ teachings as threatening the Jewish religion and their credibility. After arresting Jesus (with assistance from the disciple Judas), early in the morning, the chief priests and the elders of the people planned how they could have Jesus executed. They bound him and handed him
Introduction (1:1–6) The Date and the Author’s Name (1:1) A Call to Repentance (1:2–6) A Series of Eight Visions in One Night (1:7—6:8) The Horseman among the Myrtle Trees (1:7–17) The Four Horns and the Four Craftsmen (1:18–21) A Man with a Measuring Line (ch. 2) Clean Garments for the High Priest (ch. 3)
Zechariah Introduction 1:1 In the eighth month of Darius’ second year, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows: 1:2 The LORD was very angry with your ancestors. 1:3 Therefore say to the people: The LORD who rules over all says, “Turn to me,” says the LORD who
THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH Commentary by A. R. Faussett INTRODUCTION The name Zechariah means one whom Jehovah remembers: a common name, four others of the same name occurring in the Old Testament. Like Jeremiah and Ezekiel, he was a priest as well as a prophet, which adapts him for the sacerdotal character of some of his prophecies