Zechariah 13:7

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Zechariah 13:7

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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 to destroy; I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in greater fullness.

May God, the source of all peace, who brought back from the dead him who, 'by virtue of the blood that rendered valid the unchangeable Covenant, is the Great Shepherd of God's Sheep,' Jesus, our Lord--

Then, when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades.

Smite

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

He, I say, in accordance with God's definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.

The kings of the earth set their array, and its rulers gathered together, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

But, in his loving-kindness, are being freely pronounced righteous through the deliverance found in Christ Jesus.

For Jesus 'was given up to death to atone for our offences,' and was raised to life that we might be pronounced righteous.

Seeing that, while we were still powerless, Christ, in God's good time, died on behalf of the godless.

God did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up on behalf of us all; will he not, then, with him, freely give us all things?

Him who never knew sin God made to be Sin, on our behalf; so that we, through union with him, might become the Righteousness of God.

Christ ransomed us from the curse pronounced in the Law, by taking the curse on himself for us, for Scripture says--'Cursed is any one who is hanged on a tree.'

For it pleased the Father that in him the divine nature in all its fulness should dwell,

That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared-- 'Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire, but thou dost provide for me a body;

For you know that it was not by perishable things, such as silver and gold, that you were Ransomed from the aimless way of living which was handed down to you from your ancestors,

And he 'himself carried our sins' in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. 'His bruising was your healing.'

For Christ himself died to atone for sins once for all--the good on behalf of the bad--that he might bring you to God; his body being put to death, but his spirit entering upon new Life.

and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world besides.

The love of God was revealed to us by his sending his only Son into the world, that we might find Life through him.

All who are living on earth will worship it--all whose names have not been written in the Lamb's Book of Life, the Lamb that has been sacrificed from the foundation of the world.

The sheep

Then Jesus said to them: "Even you will all fall away from me to-night. Scripture says--'I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Presently Jesus said to them: "All of you will fall away; for Scripture says--'I will strike down the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

"Listen! a time is coming--indeed it has already come--when you are to be scattered, each going his own way, and to leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

I will turn

And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward."

Beware of despising one of these lowly ones, for in Heaven, I tell you, their angels always see the face of my Father who is in Heaven.

So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.

It would be good for him if he had been flung into the sea with a mill-stone round his neck, rather than that he should prove a snare to even one of these lowly ones.

"I have already told you that I am he," replied Jesus, "so, if it is for me that you are looking, let these men go."

General references

But in that case how would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?"

He told them that the Son of Man must undergo much suffering, and be rejected by the Councillors, and Chief Priests, and Teachers of the Law, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.

Was not the Christ bound to undergo this suffering before entering upon his Glory?"