Zechariah 3:1 (BSB)
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
From Zechariah 3. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Zechariah 3:1
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Zechariah 3:1-10: Chapter 3 Zechariah 3:1, 2 1. 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. 1. Et ostendit mihi Iehosuah sacerdotem magnum stantem in conspectu angeli Iehovae, et Satan stantem ad dexteram ejus, ut adversaretur illi. 2.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Zechariah 3:1-7: 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.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Zechariah 3:1: And he showed me Joshua the high priest,.... Who was one that came up out of the captivity, and was principally concerned in building the temple, and had many enemies to obstruct him in it; and who falling into sin, or his sons, in marrying strange wives, Ezr 10:18, which he might connive at, Satan was ready to catch it up, and accuse him before...
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Zechariah 3:1: And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. (a) He prayed to Christ the Mediator for the state of the Church. (b) Which declares that the faithful do not only war with flesh and blood, but with Satan himself, and spiritual wickedness; .