Zechariah 6:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:

Behold

Whose

Grow up out of his place

General references

Leviticus 8:9

Acts 7:47

Bible References

Behold

"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate," says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.

Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice.

He will give us peace. Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, we will send against them seven shepherd-rulers, make that eight commanders.

Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"

Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,

because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead."

But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,

Whose

Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.

the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!

At that time the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel.

A shoot will grow out of Jesse's root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.

He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.

In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. "'He will do what is just and right in the land.

Because of our God's tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high

Grow up out of his place

Therefore he told me, "These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord who rules over all."

"The Lord who rules over all also says, 'Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all, so that the temple might be built.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

and declared, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.'"

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again."

We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.

because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.

For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God's sight,

General references

Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

But Solomon built a house for him.