Then I said to him, “What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?”
Chapter 4. Zechariah 4:1-6 1. And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 1. Et reversus et angelus, qui loquebatur mecum, et excitavit me, quasi virum qui excitatur (vel, evigilat) a somno suo. 2. And said unto me, What seest thou?
Commenting on Zechariah 4:1-14
Enough is said to Zechariah to encourage him, and to enable him to encourage others, with reference to the good work of building the temple which they were now about, and that was the principal intention of the vision he saw; but still he is inquisitive about the particulars, which we will ascribe, not to any vain curiosity, but to the value he had for...
Commenting on Zechariah 4:11-14
And I answered again, and said unto him,.... Before he could have an answer to the former question, he puts the following, as being of the same import: What be these two olive branches; which grew upon the olive trees, and were nearest to the candlestick, and the pipes that were to the lamps: these, in Zac 4:14, are interpreted of the two anointed ones...