Zacharias
VIEW:15 DATA:01-04-2020
1. Father of John the Baptist. (Luk_1:5). (See JOHN THE BAPTIST.) Of the course of Abia or Abijah, eighth of the 24 (1Ch_24:10); walking with Elizabeth his wife "in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." His lot was to burn incense, the embodiment of prayer (from whence also during the burning of incense the whole people prayed: Rev_8:3-4; Psa_141:2), and esteemed so honourable an office that the same person (say the rabbis) was not allowed to discharge it twice. His unbelief ("whereby shall I know this, seeing I am old?" etc.) at the angel' s announcement of John's birth was retributively punished by dumbness (contrast Psa_116:10; 2Co_4:13), a warning to Israel whose representative he was of the consequences of unbelief if the nation should reject the gospel just coming; just as Mary on the contrary was an example of the blessedness which would flow if they believed (Luk_1:45; Luk_1:38).
Faith (dictating the name for his son given by the angel: Luk_1:13; Luk_1:63-64) opened his mouth, as faith shall cause Israel in the last days to confess her Lord, and the veil on her heart shall be taken away (2Co_3:15-16). Then followed his song of thanksgiving under the Holy Spirit, as Israel shall sing when turned to the Lord according to "the oath which He sware to our father Abraham," etc. (Luk_1:68-80; Isa_12:1-3; Zec_12:10,) "The horn of salvation in the house of David" contrasts beautifully with "the little horn" or antichrist destroying Israel before Messiah shall appear for Israel's help (Dan_7:8; Dan_8:9-14; Dan_8:11; Dan_12:1-3).
2. Son of Barachias (Mat_23:35). The same as the sire of Jehoiada; Joash ungratefully forgetting that he owed his throne to Jehoiada slew Zacharias for his faithful reproof: "Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, He hath also forsaken you." By Joash's command they stoned Zacharias "in the court of the house of Jehovah!" And to it the tradition may be due which assigns the tomb in the valley of Jehoshaphat to Zacharias. Contrast Jehoiada's reverent care not to slay Athaliah in the temple precincts (2Ch_23:14; 2Ch_24:20-22; 2Ch_24:25). Joash slew other "sons" of Jehoiada besides Zacharias.
"The Lord look upon it and requite it" was the martyr's dying sentence, which Jesus refers to as about to be executed on Israel; "that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar," i.e. in the interior court of the priests, in which was the altar of burnt offerings. As Zacharias' prayer for vengeance is the judicial side of God's word by His prophets (Rev_6:9-11; Luk_18:7), so Stephen's prayer is the gospel loving side of it (Act_7:60). Though Urijah was slain subsequently to Zacharias (Jer_26:23), yet Zacharias is the last as the canon was arranged, Chronicles standing in it last; Christ names Zacharias as the last and Abel as the first martyr in the Scripture canon. Barachias may have been a second name of Jehoiada, meaning "the blessed," because he preserved David's house in the person of Joash from the murderous Athaliah, slew her, and restored the rightful king. However, as "son of Barachias" does not occur in Luk_11:51, perhaps the words in Matthew were a marginal gloss, confusing this Zacharias with Zechariah the prophet, son of Berechiah.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Zachari'as. (Greek form of Zechariah).
1. Father of John the Baptist. Luk_1:5 etc. He was a priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses, who ministered at the Temple in turn. He probably lived at Hebron. His wife's name was Elisabeth. John was born to them in their old age, and the promise of this son was communicated to Zacharias by an angel while he was offering incense and praying in the Temple.
2. Son of Barachias, who, our Lord says, was slain by the Jews between the altar and the Temple. Mat_23:35; Luk_11:61. There has been much dispute who this Zacharias was. Many of the Greek fathers have maintained that the father of John the Baptist is the person to whom our Lord alludes, but there can be little or no doubt that the allusion is to Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, 2Ch_24:20-21, and he may have been called "the son" of Barachias, from his grandfather. (B.C. 838). He is mentioned as being the martyr last recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures (as Abel was the first), Chronicles being the last book in their canon.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
[ZECHARIAH]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
(Ζαχαρίας), the Greek form of the Heb. name Zechariah; applied to several men in the Apocrypha and New Test., besides those mentioned in the Old Test.: the priest in Josiah's reign.(l Esdr. 1:8), the lesser prophet (1Es_6:1; 1Es_7:3) the adviser of Ezra (1Es_8:44; comp. Ezr_8:16), the son of Pharosh (1Es_8:30; comp. Ezr_8:3), the son of Bebai. (1Es_8:37; comp. Ezr_8:11), a son of Elam (1Es_9:27; comp. Ezr_10:26), and one (1Es_1:15) who is properly called Heman (2Ch_35:15), and another (Eapaianc, 1Es_5:8) properly called Azariah, or Seraiah (Ezr_2:2; Neh_7:7).
1. Son of Barachias, who, our Lord says, was slain by the Jews between the altar and the Temple (Mat_23:35; Luk_11:51). There has been much dispute who this Zacharias was. There is no reason to identify him with the Zechariah son of Jeberechiah mentioned in 1Sa_8:2. It is singular that Josephus (War, 4:5,4) mentions another Zacharias, son of Baruch, who was slain by the Jews in the Temple shortly before the last siege of Jerusalem began (see Whiston's note, ad loc.). From the time of Origen, who relates that the father of John the Baptist was killed in the Temple, many of the Greek fathers have maintained that this is the person to whom our Lord refers. The name of the father of Zacharias not being mentioned by Luke, some unwarrantably suppose that the name of Barachias crept into the text of Matthew from a marginal gloss, a confusion having been made between Zacharias, the son of Jehoiada, and Zacharias the prophet, the son of Barachias (Berechiah). There can be little or no doubt that the allusion is to Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (2Ch_24:20-21). As the book of Chronicles-in which the murder of this Zechariah occurs-closes the Hebrew canon, this assassination was the last of the murders of righteous men recorded in the Bible, just as that of Abel was the first (see Renan, Vie de Jesus, p. 353). SEE ZECHARIAH.
2. Father of Joseph, a leader in the first campaign of the Maccabaean war (1 Macc. 5, 18, 56-62).
3. Father of John the Baptist (Luke 1, 5, etc.). B.C. ante 8.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Faith (dictating the name for his son given by the angel: Luk_1:13; Luk_1:63-64) opened his mouth, as faith shall cause Israel in the last days to confess her Lord, and the veil on her heart shall be taken away (2Co_3:15-16). Then followed his song of thanksgiving under the Holy Spirit, as Israel shall sing when turned to the Lord according to "the oath which He sware to our father Abraham," etc. (Luk_1:68-80; Isa_12:1-3; Zec_12:10,) "The horn of salvation in the house of David" contrasts beautifully with "the little horn" or antichrist destroying Israel before Messiah shall appear for Israel's help (Dan_7:8; Dan_8:9-14; Dan_8:11; Dan_12:1-3).
2. Son of Barachias (Mat_23:35). The same as the sire of Jehoiada; Joash ungratefully forgetting that he owed his throne to Jehoiada slew Zacharias for his faithful reproof: "Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, He hath also forsaken you." By Joash's command they stoned Zacharias "in the court of the house of Jehovah!" And to it the tradition may be due which assigns the tomb in the valley of Jehoshaphat to Zacharias. Contrast Jehoiada's reverent care not to slay Athaliah in the temple precincts (2Ch_23:14; 2Ch_24:20-22; 2Ch_24:25). Joash slew other "sons" of Jehoiada besides Zacharias.
"The Lord look upon it and requite it" was the martyr's dying sentence, which Jesus refers to as about to be executed on Israel; "that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth from the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar," i.e. in the interior court of the priests, in which was the altar of burnt offerings. As Zacharias' prayer for vengeance is the judicial side of God's word by His prophets (Rev_6:9-11; Luk_18:7), so Stephen's prayer is the gospel loving side of it (Act_7:60). Though Urijah was slain subsequently to Zacharias (Jer_26:23), yet Zacharias is the last as the canon was arranged, Chronicles standing in it last; Christ names Zacharias as the last and Abel as the first martyr in the Scripture canon. Barachias may have been a second name of Jehoiada, meaning "the blessed," because he preserved David's house in the person of Joash from the murderous Athaliah, slew her, and restored the rightful king. However, as "son of Barachias" does not occur in Luk_11:51, perhaps the words in Matthew were a marginal gloss, confusing this Zacharias with Zechariah the prophet, son of Berechiah.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Zachari'as. (Greek form of Zechariah).
1. Father of John the Baptist. Luk_1:5 etc. He was a priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses, who ministered at the Temple in turn. He probably lived at Hebron. His wife's name was Elisabeth. John was born to them in their old age, and the promise of this son was communicated to Zacharias by an angel while he was offering incense and praying in the Temple.
2. Son of Barachias, who, our Lord says, was slain by the Jews between the altar and the Temple. Mat_23:35; Luk_11:61. There has been much dispute who this Zacharias was. Many of the Greek fathers have maintained that the father of John the Baptist is the person to whom our Lord alludes, but there can be little or no doubt that the allusion is to Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, 2Ch_24:20-21, and he may have been called "the son" of Barachias, from his grandfather. (B.C. 838). He is mentioned as being the martyr last recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures (as Abel was the first), Chronicles being the last book in their canon.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
[ZECHARIAH]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
(Ζαχαρίας), the Greek form of the Heb. name Zechariah; applied to several men in the Apocrypha and New Test., besides those mentioned in the Old Test.: the priest in Josiah's reign.(l Esdr. 1:8), the lesser prophet (1Es_6:1; 1Es_7:3) the adviser of Ezra (1Es_8:44; comp. Ezr_8:16), the son of Pharosh (1Es_8:30; comp. Ezr_8:3), the son of Bebai. (1Es_8:37; comp. Ezr_8:11), a son of Elam (1Es_9:27; comp. Ezr_10:26), and one (1Es_1:15) who is properly called Heman (2Ch_35:15), and another (Eapaianc, 1Es_5:8) properly called Azariah, or Seraiah (Ezr_2:2; Neh_7:7).
1. Son of Barachias, who, our Lord says, was slain by the Jews between the altar and the Temple (Mat_23:35; Luk_11:51). There has been much dispute who this Zacharias was. There is no reason to identify him with the Zechariah son of Jeberechiah mentioned in 1Sa_8:2. It is singular that Josephus (War, 4:5,4) mentions another Zacharias, son of Baruch, who was slain by the Jews in the Temple shortly before the last siege of Jerusalem began (see Whiston's note, ad loc.). From the time of Origen, who relates that the father of John the Baptist was killed in the Temple, many of the Greek fathers have maintained that this is the person to whom our Lord refers. The name of the father of Zacharias not being mentioned by Luke, some unwarrantably suppose that the name of Barachias crept into the text of Matthew from a marginal gloss, a confusion having been made between Zacharias, the son of Jehoiada, and Zacharias the prophet, the son of Barachias (Berechiah). There can be little or no doubt that the allusion is to Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (2Ch_24:20-21). As the book of Chronicles-in which the murder of this Zechariah occurs-closes the Hebrew canon, this assassination was the last of the murders of righteous men recorded in the Bible, just as that of Abel was the first (see Renan, Vie de Jesus, p. 353). SEE ZECHARIAH.
2. Father of Joseph, a leader in the first campaign of the Maccabaean war (1 Macc. 5, 18, 56-62).
3. Father of John the Baptist (Luke 1, 5, etc.). B.C. ante 8.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
BUSCADAVERDADE
Visite o nosso canal youtube.com/buscadaverdade e se INSCREVA agora mesmo! Lá temos uma diversidade de temas interessantes sobre: Saúde, Receitas Saudáveis, Benefícios dos Alimentos, Benefícios das Vitaminas e Sais Minerais... Dê uma olhadinha, você vai gostar! E não se esqueça, dê o seu like e se INSCREVA! Clique abaixo e vá direto ao canal!
Saiba Mais
-
Nutrição
Vegetarianismo e a Vitamina B12 -
Receita
Como preparar a Proteína Vegetal Texturizada -
Arqueologia
Livro de Enoque é um livro profético?
Tags