Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:4
4. The prophet is instructed in the truths meant, that we may read them with the greater reverence and attention [CALVIN]. read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:5
5. Knowest thou not, c.—Not a reproof of his ignorance, but a stimulus to reflection on the mystery. No, my lord—ingenious confession of ignorance as a little child he casts himself for instruction at the feet of the Lord. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 4:1
Zechariah’s guiding angel roused the prophet from his visionary slumber. Evidently when the last scene of his vision ended Zechariah remained in a sleep-like condition. Even in an ecstatic state human beings remain dull and obtuse to divine revelation and must receive supernatural enlightenment. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 4:1-5
1. The vision 4:1-5 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 4:2-3
The angel asked the prophet what he saw, and Zechariah replied that he saw a golden lampstand with a bowl above it. Lampstands generally, and the lampstands in the tabernacle and temple particularly, held removable lamps (Exodus 25:31; 1 Kings 7:49). Their purpose was to support these light-bearers. Symbolically a lampstand represents what supports whatever bears light (cf. Matthew 5:16; Revelation 1:20; Revelation 2:5). This seems to be the figure in view in 1 Timothy 3:15 where Paul called... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 4:4-5
Zechariah asked the angel for an explanation of what he saw. The angel asked if he did not understand what these things represented, but Zechariah said he did not (cf. Zechariah 4:13). read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 4:1-14
The Fifth VisionThe prophet’s thoughts now turn to the civil ruler Zerubbabel. The purpose of the fifth vision is to encourage him in the difficult task of rebuilding the Temple, 1-5, 11-14. The golden candlestick (i.e. the returned exiles) receives its supply of oil (i.e. the divine grace) through two channels (’pipes,’ Zechariah 4:12), viz. the spiritual and the temporal leaders, Joshua and Zerubbabel, through whose united efforts the prosperity of the nation would be accomplished. These are... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 4:1
IV.FOURTH VISION.—THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK.(1) Came again, and waked.—Better, possibly, again waked me, the construction being similar to that of Zechariah 5:1. But it is not impossible that the angel had gone forth, as before (Zechariah 2:3), to receive some fresh instruction from a higher angel, or from God, and that now he came back again. From this verse it would appear that between some of the visions the prophet fell into a state of lethargy, and that the angel roused him; or it may be that... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 4:1-14
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15, the Prophet Haggai received the revelation contained in Haggai 2:10-23. On the four-and-twentieth day of the eleventh month, just five months after the re-building of the Temple was resumed, Zechariah sees a succession of seven visions in one night, followed by a symbolic action (Zechariah 6:9-15). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 4:3
3. two olive trees—supplying oil to the bowl. The Holy Ghost, who fills with His fulness Messiah (the anointed: the "bowl"), from whom flow supplies of grace to the Church. by it—literally, "upon it," that is, growing so as somewhat to overtop it. For the explanation of the "two" see Zechariah 4:12; Zechariah 4:14. read more