Zechariah 13:6

And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	וְאָמַ֣ר ve.'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wounds	הַמַּכּ֛וֹת ha.ma.Kot	H4347	a wound · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
hands	יָדֶ֑יךָ ya.Dei.kha	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
answer	וְאָמַ֕ר ve.'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wounded	הֻכֵּ֖יתִי hu.Kei.ti	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hophal perfect, 1st person common singular
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
friends	מְאַהֲבָֽי me.'a.ha.Vai	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

John 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
Psalms 22:16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Proverbs 27:5-6 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
John 19:14-16 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and…
1 Kings 18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
Revelation 13:16-17 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:1-6

Behold the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, the sin of the church; for therefore was the Son of God manifested, to take away our sin, Jo1 3:5. I. He takes away the guilt of sin by the blood of his cross (Zac 13:1): In that day, in the gospel-day, there shall be a fountain opened, that is, provision made for the cleansing of all those from the pollutions of sin who truly repent and are sorry for them. In that day, when the Spirit of grace is poured out to set them a mourning for their sins, they shall not mourn as those who have no hope, but they shall have their sins pardoned, and the comfort of their pardon in their bosoms. Their consciences shall be purified and pacified by th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 13:6

wounds in thine hand--The interrogator still suspects him: "If so, if you have never pretended to be a prophet, whence come those wounds?" The Hebrew is literally, "between thine hands." The hands were naturally held up to ward off the blows, and so were "thrust through" (Zac 13:3) "between" the bones of the hand. Stoning was the usual punishment; "thrusting through" was also a fit retribution on one who tried to "thrust Israel away" from the Lord (Deu 13:10); and perfects the type of Messiah, condemned as a false prophet, and pierced with "wounds between His hands." Thus the transition to the direct prophecy of Him (Zac 13:7) is natural, which it would not be if He were not indirectly and i…

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Adam Clarke on Zechariah 13:6

What are these wounds in thine hands? - Marks which he had received in honor of his idols. But he shall excuse himself by stating that he had received these marks in his own family; when, most probably, they had been dedicated to some of those idols. See the note on Isa 44:5. I do not think that these words are spoken at all concerning Jesus Christ. I have heard them quoted in this way; but I cannot hear such an application of them without horror. In quoting from the Old Testament in reference to the New, we cannot be too cautious. We may wound the truth instead of honoring it.

The Church Fathers

And I will say unto him, What are these wounds between thine hands? And he shall say, wounds which I received in the house beloved by me.
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 5

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Zechariah 13:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 13:6

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 13:6

The Church Fathers

Zechariah 13:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 13:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 13:6

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 13:6

The Church Fathers

John Gill on Zechariah 13:6

John Calvin on Zechariah 13:6

Keil & Delitzsch on Zechariah 13:2-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Zechariah 13:6

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