Zechariah 2:3

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
angel	הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ ha.mal.'Akh	H4397	a messenger · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
talked	הַדֹּבֵ֥ר ha.do.Ver	H1696	perhaps properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
forth	יֹצֵ֑א yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
another	אַחֵ֔ר 'a.Cher	H312	properly · adjective, masculine singular absolute
angel	וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ u.mal.'Akh	H4397	a messenger · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	יֹצֵ֖א yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
meet	קִרְאָה qirʼâh	H7125	an encountering

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Cross-references

Zechariah 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, an…
Zechariah 1:8-11 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were t…
Zechariah 1:13-14 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
Zechariah 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Zechariah 5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
Zechariah 4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:1-5

This prophet was ordered, in God's name, to assure the people (Zac 1:16) that a line should be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Now here we have that promise illustrated and confirmed, that the prophet might deliver that part of his message to the people with the more clearness and assurance. I. He sees, in a vision, a man going to measure Jerusalem (Zac 2:1, Zac 2:2): He lifted up his eyes again, and looked. God had shown him that which was very encouraging to him, (Zac 1:20), and therefore now he lifted up his eyes again and looked. Note, The comfortable sights which by faith we have had of God's goodness made to pass before us should engage us to lift up our eyes again, and to search furth…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 2:3

angel that talked with me . . . another angel--The interpreting angel is met by another angel sent by the measuring Divine Angel to "run" to Zechariah (Zac 2:4). Those who perform God's will must not merely creep, nor walk, but run with alacrity. went forth--namely, from me (Zechariah). went out--from the measuring angel.

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 2:1

A man with a measuring-line in his hand - Probably a representation of Nehemiah, who got a commission from Artaxerxes Longimanus to build up the walls of Jerusalem; for hitherto it had remained without being enclosed.

John Gill on Zechariah 2:3

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth,.... See Zechariah 1:9 and he "went forth" from the place where the prophet was, with whom he had been conversing: and another angel went out to meet him: the same that was seen among the myrtle trees, Zechariah 1:8 and here, with a measuring line in his hand, Zechariah 2:1.

John Calvin on Zechariah 2:1-4

Zechariah 2:1-4 1. I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. 1. Et sustuli oculos meos et vidi; et ecce vir in ejus manu funiculus mensurae. 2. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. 2. Et dixi, Quo tu vadis? et dixit mihi, Ad metiendum Ierusalem, ut videam quanta latitudo ejus, et quanta longitudo ejus. 3. And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, 3. Et ecce angelus qui loquebatur mecum egressus est, et alter angelus egressus est in occursum ejus; 4. And said unto him, Run, spe…

The Church Fathers

But because in certain passages of Scripture we have learned that some things are done through the cherubim, and other things through the seraphim, whether they do these things by themselves, or whether they are done through the hosts subject to them, which, as is said, receive the names of the greater ones because they come from the greater ones, we do not wish to affirm what we do not prove by clear testimonies. This, however, we know most certainly, that to carry out service from above, some spirits send others, as the prophet Zechariah testifies, who says: Behold, the angel who was speaking in me went forth; and behold, another angel went forth to meet him, and he said to him: Run, and speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls. For when an angel says to an angel "Run and speak," there is no doubt that one sends another. Those who are sent are lesser, those who send are greater.
— Gregory the Dialogist, 40 Homilies on the Gospels, Homily 34

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Zechariah 2:3 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary

Zechariah 2:3

And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
angel	הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ ha.mal.'Akh	H4397	a messenger · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
talked	הַדֹּבֵ֥ר ha.do.Ver	H1696	perhaps properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
forth	יֹצֵ֑א yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
another	אַחֵ֔ר 'a.Cher	H312	properly · adjective, masculine singular absolute
angel	וּמַלְאָ֣ךְ u.mal.'Akh	H4397	a messenger · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
out	יֹצֵ֖א yo.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
meet	קִרְאָה qirʼâh	H7125	an encountering

Cross-references

Zechariah 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, an…
Zechariah 1:8-11 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were t…
Zechariah 1:13-14 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
Zechariah 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Zechariah 5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.
Zechariah 4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:1-5

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 2:3

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 2:1

John Gill on Zechariah 2:3

John Calvin on Zechariah 2:1-4

The Church Fathers

But because in certain passages of Scripture we have learned that some things are done through the cherubim, and other things through the seraphim, whether they do these things by themselves, or whether they are done through the hosts subject to them, which, as is said, receive the names of the greater ones because they come from the greater ones, we do not wish to affirm what we do not prove by clear testimonies. This, however, we know most certainly, that to carry out service from above, some spirits send others, as the prophet Zechariah testifies, who says: Behold, the angel who was speaking in me went forth; and behold, another angel went forth to meet him, and he said to him: Run, and speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls. For when an angel says to an angel "Run and speak," there is no doubt that one sends another. Those who are sent are lesser, those who send are greater.
— Gregory the Dialogist, 40 Homilies on the Gospels, Homily 34

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Zechariah 2:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 2:3

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 2:1

John Gill on Zechariah 2:3

John Calvin on Zechariah 2:1-4

The Church Fathers

Zechariah 2:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 2:3

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 2:1

John Gill on Zechariah 2:3

John Calvin on Zechariah 2:1-4

The Church Fathers

Keil & Delitzsch on Zechariah 2:1-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Zechariah 2:2

Rashi on Zechariah 2:3