Answer: 8th month of the second year of Darius
According to the Jewish Awareness Ministries website this puts the time of the book at 520 BC. It also means Zechariah was a contemporary of Daniel, Haggai and Ezekiel.
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Answer: Jerusalem
Zechariah 1:14: "So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy."
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. It is also considered a main holy city of three major religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
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Answer: Yahweh remembers
The prophet Zechariah was a contemporary of fellow Old Testament prophet Haggai. They both served to encourage the Jews during the rebuilding of the temple, which was completed around 515 B.C.
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Answer: a high priest and Satan
The Old Testament character of Joshua is seen by many Christians as a foreshadowing of Christ yet to come, especially in this passage of Zechariah 3:1-5. In the King James Version of the Bible it reads as follows:
"And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by."
The filthy garments that Joshua (the root word for Jesus), is wearing are usually understood by Christians to represent the sins of mankind that He assumed while on the cross at Calvary.
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Answer: a measuring line
Zechariah 2:1 "I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand."
Most Bible scholars believe that this refers to the New Jerusalem.
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Answer: The Lord
In the vision Zechariah saw a man with a measuring line (which, according to the ERV, is a rope for measuring things). Then an angel told another angel to tell the man that Jerusalem would not have any walls, "because of the great number of people and animals in it." Then in verse five, the Lord states he "will be a wall of fire around it."
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Answer: a curse on wrongdoers
In the beginning of the fifth chapter we see Zechariah envisioning, "Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and beheld a flying roll. And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll..."
This most likely represents a volume or a book flying in the air, it being common for "books" of those days to be written on parchment and to be rolled up into the form of a cylinder, whereby they were called rolls or volumes.
Verse 3 tells us that it is a curse upon the face of the earth, with the implication being that those who are opposed to God's will and works are to be accursed.
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Answer: a type of headgear
Zechariah 3:5 says, "And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by."
Today the mitre can be seen on the bishops and certain abbots in the Catholic church.
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Answer: An angel
The question-and-answer sessions are largely held between Zechariah and an angel, although on several occasions, Zechariah mentions that "the word of the Lord came unto me."
In those instances, no actual dialogue takes place; it is simply God's word informing Zechariah of things that he is to know.
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Answer: gold
Zechariah 4:2 says, "And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof."
According to Bible commentaries such as Jamieson-Fausset-Brown, the candlestick is said to represent the Jewish religion, and for Christians it is said to represent Christ who is to be the Light of the World. Gold represents purity.
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Answer: a donkey
This is described in verse 9. A donkey was a lowly animal of peace, compared to the war horses mentioned in verse 10. Matthew quotes this passage in his gospel (21:4-5) as evidence that Jesus is the Messiah.
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Answer: thirty pieces of silver and a potter
"And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD."
Christians point to Matthew 27:3-10 as indicative of Zechariah's vision pertaining to Christ. While silver itself represents "ransom money" (Numbers 3), the thirty pieces of silver also represents the price of a slave, according to Exodus 21:32 and the "potter's field" (Aceldama or "field of blood"), for burying paupers is represented in both Zechariah and Matthew as well.
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Answer: 20 cubits
Zechariah 5:2: "And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits."
A cubit was measured from the elbow to the tip of a man's middle finger. On average it is about 20 inches long.
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Answer: By initially not answering at all, by asking a question of his own, then by answering
We see in verses 11-14 that first the angel gave no answer at all prompting Zechariah to ask again. Next the angel asked him if he didn't know what they were and the response from Zechariah was in the negative; he did not know. Lastly, the angel informed him that "...These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth." (KJV)
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Answer: because they refused to hear His word
According to Zechariah 7:11, God's chosen people refused to hear His commands. In verse 13, He says that because they would not hear Him, he in turn, would not hear their cries.
(While all seems bleak at this juncture, there is a promise of restoration made in the following chapter.)
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Answer: to hearken
Zechariah 7:11 says, "But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear."
Hearken is another word for listen.
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Answer: The BRANCH
Verse 12 continues by stating that this man will grow up out of his place, build the temple of the LORD and that he will bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne. It goes on further by stating that he will be a priest upon his throne with the counsel of peace being between them both.
Some Christians believe that this scripture is referring to Jesus.
The word "both" in this instance could be construed as being representative of God the father and God the son.
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Answer: Jerusalem
In verses 20 through 23 of the eighth chapter, we see quite a graphic description of this upcoming event.
"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you."
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Answer: an ass
Zechariah 9:9 says, "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
For Christians, this verse is seen as a prophecy of what happened on the Sunday before Jesus was crucified, known as Palm Sunday.
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Answer: Satan
It might be of interest to note that Joshua could be considered a "type" of representation of Christ in this passage, perhaps showing us a then-future event in which he had been taken off the cross and resurrected with the filth of the sins of the world all over him.
This at least, could be a fairly accepted interpretation of this passage of scripture.
In the 8th verse, the angel of the Lord includes this statement to Joshua: "...then thou shalt also judge my house..." seemingly as an indicator of a time yet-to-come. (KJV)
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Answer: a burdensome stone
In Zechariah 12:3 we read that "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it."
And in verse 9, "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
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Answer: Beauty and Bands
Zechariah 11:7 says, "And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock."
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Answer: Judah
In Revelation 5:5 (NIV) Jesus is called the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. In Acts 4:11 it says, "Jesus is "the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone." Therefore, based on these verses, many Christians believe that Zechariah 10:4 is a Messianic prophesy found in the Old Testament.
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Answer: a day that is not clear or dark, but becomes light near evening
This description is in Zechariah 14: "Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
"Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one."
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Answer: destroy them
Zechariah 12:9 says, "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."
In the Jewish and Christian religions, the Israelites are known as God's chosen people, so it would make sense that He would not let anyone harm Jerusalem.
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Answer: Holiness to the Lord
The New King James Study Bible explains that repentant nations that attacked Jerusalem will take part in celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles, a yearly Israelite festival recalling the 40-year journey in the wilderness.
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Answer: Yahweh Remembers
"Yahweh Remembers" or "Yahweh Has Remembered" is the best translation into the English language. Since this seems to be the prevailing theme of the entire book, it is quite appropriate that his name should translate as such.
That theme is that Israel will be blessed because God (Yahweh), remembers the covenant that He made with their forefathers.
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Answer: hosts
Zechariah 14:21 says, "Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts."
I hope you enjoyed this quiz. The next one will be on the book of Malachi.
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