Zechariah 3:8 (WEB)
Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign; for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“As the symbol of the Holy Spirit, it loves the (radiant) East, that figure of Christ.” — editor's note: By this remark it would seem that Tertullian read sundry passages in his Latin Bible similarly to the subsequent Vulgate version. For instance, in Zech. vi.…
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Justin Martyr
“…before all creatures from the Father by His power and will (for He is addressed in the writings of the prophets in one way or another as Wisdom, and the Day, and the East, and a Sword, and a Stone, and a Rod, and Jacob, and Israel); and that He became man by the Virgin, in order that the disobedience which proceeded…” — editor's note: It is not easy, says Maranus, to say in what Scripture Christ is so called. [Clearly he refers to the Dayspring (St. Luke i. 78) as the LXX. render many texts…
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Ambrose of Milan
“Not only does He undergo service in the character of man by reason of His descent from David, but also by reason of His name, as it is written: “I have found David My Servant;” and elsewhere: “Behold I will send unto you My Servant, the Orient is His name.”” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 8.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“The Orient is his name, because the stone which I have placed before the face of Jesus; upon that one stone are seven eyes.”” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 8, 9.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in Against the Valentinians Chapter 2.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against the Valentinians Chapter 2.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.