Zechariah 12:10 (WEB)
I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.
Catechism · 2
The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
“It is in discovering the greatness of God's love that our heart is shaken by the horror and weight of sin and begins to fear offending God by sin and being separated from him. the human heart is converted by looking upon him whom our sins have pierced:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 19:37; Zech 12:10.
Prayer in the Christian Life
“Prayer is the response of faith to the free promise of salvation and also a response of love to the thirst of the only Son of God.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 7:37-39; 19:28; Isa 12:3; 51:1; Zech 12:10; 13:1.
Fathers and councils · 19
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…right hand; others beheld Him coming on the clouds as the Son of man; and those who declared regarding Him, “They shall look on Him whom they have pierced,” indicated His [second] advent, concerning which He Himself says, “Thinkest thou that when the Son of man cometh, He shall find faith on the earth?”” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10.
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Tertullian
“And then shall they “learn to know Him whom they pierced, and shall beat their breasts tribe by tribe;” of course because in days bygone they did not know Him when conditioned in the humility of human estate.” — editor's note: See Zech. xii. 10, 12 (where the LXX., as we have it, differs widely from our Eng. ver. in ver. 10); Rev. i. 7.
Read the whole comment“Up to the present moment they have not, tribe by tribe, smitten their breasts, looking on Him whom they pierced.” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10; comp. John xix. 37.
Read the whole comment“Then he afterwards says: “The earth saw and trembled; the mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,”—meaning, no doubt the flesh of the wicked; and (in a similar sense) it is written: “For they shall look on Him whom they pierced.”” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10.
Read the whole comment“…in like manner as He ascended into heaven” the same both in substance and form, as the angels affirmed, so as even to be recognised by those who pierced Him.” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10; John xix. 37; Rev. i. 7.
Read the whole comment““Then shall they look on Him whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, tribe after tribe;” because, no doubt, they once refused to acknowledge Him in the lowliness of His human condition.” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10, 12.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“This shall appear again with Jesus from heaven; for the trophy shall precede the king: that seeing Him whom they pierced, and knowing by the Cross Him who was dishonoured, the Jews may repent and mourn; (but they shall mourn tribe by tribe, for they shall repent, when there shall…” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“I have heard the words of the prophet Zechariah “They shall look on Him whom they pierced,” and how shall the event follow the prophecy unless the crucifiers recognise the nature which they crucified?” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10
Read the whole comment“While He was thus beheld He went up into heaven; thus has He promised to come again, thus shall He be seen both by them that have believed and them that have crucified, for it is written “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”” — editor's note: John xix. 37. Cf. Zec. xii. 10
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Augustine of Hippo
“But truly when He shall have come with His angels to judge, shall they not look then upon Him whom they have pierced? and they shall be put to confusion when too late, who refused confusion in early and healthful repentance.” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10.
Read the whole comment“And the Jews, inasmuch as they will be punished in that judgment for persisting in their wickedness, as it is elsewhere written, “shall look upon Him whom they have pierced.”” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10
Read the whole comment“That Very Form shall they see which they smote with a spear.” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10; John xix. 37.
Read the whole comment“And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and mercy; and they shall look upon me because they have insulted me, and they shall mourn for Him as for one very dear, and shall be in bitterness as for an only-begotten.”” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“…form of man in which He was judged, will He judge, in order that also that prophetic utterance may be fulfilled, “They shall look upon Him whom they pierced.”” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10; John xix. 37.
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John Chrysostom
“Since there was a prophecy, saying, (from this circumstance, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.” ( Ver.” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“To take another instance from Zechariah, the evangelist John quotes from the Hebrew, “They shall look on him whom they pierced,” for which we read in the Septuagint, “And they shall look upon me because they have mocked me,” and in the Latin version, “And they shall look upon me for the…” — editor's note: Joh. xix. 37; Zech. xii. 10.
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Ambrose of Milan
“As to peace we have proved the point; but as to grace the prophet Zechariah says, that God promised to pour upon Jerusalem the spirit of grace and mercy, and the Apostle Peter says: “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the…” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“This we understand to be the sign of the cross, that the Jews. may see, as Zacharias and John speak, “Him whom they have pierced,” [Zech 12:10, John 19:37] and the sign of victory.” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in Zechariah: “And they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced.”” — editor's note: Zech. xii. 10.
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Cross-references · 25
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §1432 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.12.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in Catechism §2561.
Cited together in Catechism §1432.
Cited together in Catechism §1432.
Cited together in Catechism §1432.
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