Zechariah 13:7

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Zechariah 13:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

My shepherd

John 10:10

Hebrews 13:20

1 Peter 5:4

Smite

The sheep

Matthew 26:31

Mark 14:27

John 16:32

I will turn

John 18:8

General references

Matthew 26:54

Luke 9:22

Luke 24:26

Bible References

My shepherd

the thief comes only to steal, to kill, and destroy: but I am come that they might have life, and have it with all its advantages.

May the God of peace, who has raised from the dead our Lord Jesus (who by the blood of the eternal covenant is become the grand pastor of

that when the sovereign pastor shall appear, you may carry off a glorious crown, that will never fade.

Smite

The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "behold the lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world."

but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by means of the wicked, have crucified and slain: whom God hath raised up,

the kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ."

being justified by his unmerited favour through the redemption that is by Jesus Christ:

who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

for at the appointed time Christ died for us, when we were in a helpless, sinful state.

he that spared not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, will he not with him likewise freely give us all things?

for he hath made him who knew no sin to be a sin-offering for us, that we might be justified by God thro' him.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. (for it is written, " cursed is every one, that hangeth upon a tree.")

for it seemed good to the father to inhabit the whole body of the church by Christ:

wherefore at his appearing in publick, he saith, "sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

considering, that it was not by such perishable things as silver or gold, that you were releas'd from those vain rites and customs impos'd upon you by your fathers,

he himself cancel'd our sins by the crucifixion of his body, that we being set free from sin, might live in the service of virtue. it is by his bruises that you were healed:

for Jesus Christ himself has already suffer'd for our sins, the innocent for the guilty, to bring us to God: who, tho' he died with respect to his body, was rais'd to life by that spirit,

he is the the victim that has expiated our sins: and not ours only, but likewise the sins of the whole world.

by this was the love of God displayed towards us, in that God sent his only begotten son into the world, that we might live thro' him.

all that dwell upon the earth will worship him, whose names are not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the lamb, that was slain.

The sheep

then said Jesus to them, I shall be the occasion of your revolting all from me this night: for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered."

and Jesus said to them, this night you will all be staggered upon my account: for it is written, "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered."

but, alas, the time is coming, yea, is already come, when ye shall be dispers'd every one to his own retreat, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the father is with me.

I will turn

and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.

take care not to despise one of such an humble disposition: for I tell you, that in heaven their angels are continually attending the presence of my father who is in heaven:

fear not, ye little flock, for it is your father's good pleasure to grant you the kingdom.

it were better for him that a milstone were hang'd about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should occasion any innocent person to relapse.

Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he. "if therefore it is me you look for, let these go their way."

General references

but how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, which say, that thus it must happen?

the son of man must suffer many indignities: be rejected by the rulers, the chief priests, and Scribes: be put to death: and the third day be raised again.

was not the Messiah to have suffer'd thus, and after that enter into his glory?