Zechariah 3:3

With filthy garments — The emblem of a poor or sinful state. The angel — Christ.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments - Such, it is expressed, was his habitual condition; he was one so clothed. The “filthy garment,” as...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now Joshua was clothed with (e) filthy garments, and stood before the angel. (e) With regard to the glorious garments and precious stones that the p...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Trial of Joshua. Several corrections are necessary in this paragraph, some of which are confirmed by the LXX. In Zechariah 3:2 read, And the...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

was . had come to be. Compare Genesis 1:2 . filthy. . symbol of the defiling nature of sin. Compare Proverbs 30:12 . Isaiah 4:4 , &c.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah adds here another thing, — that Joshua had on mean garments, but that new garments were given him by the angel’s command. And by this...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1242 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWISH CHURCH PREDICTED Zechariah 3:1-5 . And he shewed me Joshua the high-priest standing before the Ang...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. Joshua was clothed with filthy garments - The Jewish people were in a most f...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments - symbol of sin ( Prover...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fourth Vision Joshua, better known under the later form Jeshua ( Ezra 2:2 ; Ezra 3:2 ; Nehemiah 12:7-8 ; Nehemiah 12:10 , etc.), was the so...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Filthy garments ] symbolical of sin and unfitness for the pure service of God. Probably the sin here signified was the nation's past idolatry and ne...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

III. FOURTH VISION. — JOSHUA BEFORE THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. (1-7) The accusation against Joshua was not that of neglecting the building of the Temp...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 . Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents record...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Filthy garments. — Such as would render him unfit to appear before God as priest. They are a symbol of the guilt and defilement of sin. ( Isaiah 64...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7-21 ; Zechariah 2:1-13 ; Zechariah 3:1-10 ; Zechariah 4:1-14 ; Zechariah 5:1-11 ; Zechariah 6:1-8 TH...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Purified for God's Service Zechariah 3:1-10 The regulation for the maintenance of the priesthood had fallen into disuse, and they had neither r...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the first three visions dealt principally with the material side of Israel's tribulation and restoration, the remaining five dealt pre-eminently w...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel." This is a most striking verse. It was the command, under the Levitical di...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments ,.... Having fallen into sin. The Jewish writers z interpret this of the sin of his children in marrying...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. Ver. 3. Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments ] The tattered rags o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the Lord said , &c. The Logos, or Son of God, said unto Satan; The Lord Namely, God the Father; rebuke thee And not suffer thy mischievo...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Fourth Vision - Grace to the Representative High Priest Overcoming Satan's Opposition (vv. 1-5) In verse 1 the angel who talked with Zechari...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua resisted and Upheld; Joshua Purified from Pollution; Joshua Reinstalled in His Office. B...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At the time Zechariah saw this vision he saw also in what a mean, dirty, and tattered garb he was who represented the high priest. It was the hierogl...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Fourth Vision. The Heavenly Court - The High Priesthood Is Restored. God's People in the Person of Their Representative High Priest Are Fitted f...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] He ] The interpreting angel. Standing ] As before a judge ( Numbers 35:12 ; Deuteronomy 19:17 ; 1 Kings 3:16 ). A judicial trans...
Scofield Reference Notes

clothed See ( Isaiah 64:6 ). Contrast ( Philippians 3:1-9 ). angel ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 3:1 . Joshua the highpriest standing before the angel of the Lord, to make intercession for the restoration of Israel. This was a figure...
The Biblical Illustrator

And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing Joshua the priest We learn from the Book of Ezra ( Ezra 2:36-39 ) that among the exiles who r...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Zechariah 3:1-38 § 6. The fourth vision: Joshua the high priest before the angel. Zechariah 3:1 He showed me. The Sept...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the High Priest. The Lord had just referred to the glorification of His people. He now proceeds to show how this would take place.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now, Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, typical of the sinfulness which was still found in the Lord's people, Isaiah 64:5 , and stood before...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 30:18-20 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Ezra 9:15 ; Isaiah 64:6 ; Matthew 22:11-13 ; Revelation 19:8 ; Revelation 7:13 ; Revelation 7:14
Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Vision of Satan's Fury Zechariah 3:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our message presents the vision of Zechariah as he sees Joshua, the high priest,...

³ Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 3:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Zechariah 3:3