Zechariah 3:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.

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Cross-References

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1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Luke 22:31
And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
Psalms 109:6
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Revelation 12:9-10
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. …
Job 2:1-8
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. …

Topics

Angel (a Spirit)Demons Devil Satan Spirit Temptation

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

There was a Joshua that was a principal agent in the first settling of Israel in Canaan; here is another of the same name very active in their second settlement there after the captivity; Jesus is the same name, and it signifies Saviour; and they were both figures of him that was to come, our chief captain and our chief priest. The angel that talked with Zechariah showed him Joshua the high priest…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Zec 3:1-10. Fourth Vision. Joshua the high priest before the angel of Jehovah; accused by Satan, but justified by Jehovah through Messiah the coming Branch. 1. Joshua as high priest (Hag 1:1) represents “Jerusalem” (Zec 3:2), or the elect people, put on its trial, and “plucked” narrowly “out of the fire.” His attitude, “standing before the Lord,” is that of a high priest ministering before the alt…