Zechariah 3:9 (WEB)
For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua: on one stone are seven eyes; behold, I will engrave its inscription,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“He sees Jesus, “clothed with filthy garments,” a stone with seven eyes, a candle-stick all of gold with lamps as many as the eyes, and two olive trees on the right side of the bowl and on the left.” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 9.
Read the whole comment“Here it was that, having set beneath his head a stone which in Zechariah is described as having seven eyes and in Isaiah is spoken of as a corner-stone, he beheld a ladder reaching up to heaven; yes, and the Lord standing high above it holding out His hand to such…” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 9.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And wicked neighbours receive sevenfold into their bosom; and the House of Wisdom rests on seven pillars and the Stone of Zerubbabel is adorned with seven eyes; and God is praised seven times a day.” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 9.
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Aphrahat
“And definitely did He show concerning this stone:—Lo! on this stone will I open seven eyes.” — editor's note: Zech. iii. 9.
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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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