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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 3:4 - 3:4
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those that stood before him - the ministering angels (compare the phrase in 1Ki 10:8; Dan 1:5).
Take away the filthy garments - In Zec 3:9 it is “remove the iniquity of that land”; therefore Joshua represents the land.
from him - literally, “from upon him”; pressing upon him as an overwhelming burden.
change of raiment - festal robes of the high priest, most costly and gorgeous; symbol of Messiah’s imputed righteousness (Mat 22:11). The restoration of the glory of the priesthood is implied: first, partially, at the completion of the second temple; fully realized in the great High Priest Jesus, whose name is identical with Joshua (Heb 4:8), the Representative of Israel, the “kingdom of priests” (Exo 19:6); once clad in the filthy garments of our vileness, but being the chosen of the Father (Isa 42:1; Isa 44:1; Isa 49:1-3), He hath by death ceased from sin, and in garments of glory entered the heavenly holy place as our High Priest (Heb 8:1; Heb 9:24). Then, as the consequence (1Pe 2:5), realized in the Church generally (Luk 15:22; Rev 19:8), and in Israel in particular (Isa 61:10; compare Isa 3:6; Isa 66:21).