Zechariah 3:1 (WEB)
He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the LORD’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
Fathers and councils · 8
Gregory of Nyssa
“For Jesus, the great High Priest (as Zechariah says), Who offered up his own lamb, that is, His own Body, for the sin of the world; Who, by reason of the children that are partakers of flesh and blood, Himself…” — editor's note: Cf. Zech. iii. 1
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Jerome
“And Josiah, a holy man, was slain by the king of Egypt on the plain of Megiddo.Joshua also, the son of Josedech and high-priest, although he was a type of our Saviour Who bore our sins, and united to Himself a church of alien birth from…” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 1 sq.
Read the whole comment“Zech. iii. 1.” — the author cites it
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.3Book III
“In Zechariah we read that the devil stood on the right hand of Joshua, and resisted him.” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 1.
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Justin Martyr
“And, further, Zechariah tells, as you yourself have related, that the devil stood on the right hand of Joshua the priest, to resist him; and [the Lord] said, ‘The Lord, who has taken Jerusalem, rebuke thee.’” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“Behold, is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?’ ”” — editor's note: Zech. ii. 10–13, Zech. iii. 1, 2.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Whenever I remember Zechariah, I shudder at the reaping-hook, and likewise at his testimony against the priests, his hints in reference to the celebrated Joshua, the high priest, whom he represents as stripped of filthy and unbecoming garments and then clothed in rich priestly apparel.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 1 et seq.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And put upon him a priestly garment, and set a fair mitre upon his head.”” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 1, 3, 5.
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Cross-references · 11
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Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 79.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 79.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 79.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 79.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 79.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 115.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 115.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 115.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 115.