WHAT IS THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF THE VERSE ZECHARIAH 13:6?

 

In Zechariah 13:6 it is written the following:

 

“6 And one shall say unto him, What are those wounds in thy hands? And he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.”

 

In order to correctly interpret the verse Zechariah 13: 6, it is necessary to read the entire passage in Zechariah 13:1-6, in which it is written the following:

 

“1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

3 And it shall come to pass, if any shall yet prophesy, that his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Yahveh; and his father and his mother that begat him shall pierce him when he prophesieth.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive.

5 And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth.

6 And one shall say unto him, What are those wounds in thy hands? And he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.”

 

In this passage, we see that God said that in the future He will cause that there is no false prophet, and that at that time, if any false prophet still prophesy falsely, his father and his mother will pierce him, and the false prophets will be ashamed of having been false prophets, and they will say that they are not prophets, and if someone ask a false prophet who was pierced by his father and his mother what are the wounds in his hands, he will say that he was wounded in the house of his friends, to avoid that they discover that he was a false prophet who was pierced by his parents for having prophesied falsely. 

 

Christians say the verse Zechariah 13: 6 refers to Jesus the Nazarene, who suffered wounds in his hands injuries when he was crucified, but this interpretation of theirs is mistaken, because the context shows that in this passage God spoke about the false prophets, and said that in the future He will cause the false prophets to pass out of the land, and that, if anyone still prophesy falsely, he will be pierced by his parents when he prophesy falsely, and that those who were false prophets will be ashamed of having been false prophets, and they will say that they are not prophets, and if someone ask a false prophet who was pierced by his parents what are those wounds in his hands, he will say that he was wounded in the house of his friends, to avoid that they discover that he was a false prophet who was pierced by his parents for having prophesied falsely.

 

Yahveh bless you.

 

João Paulo Fernandes Pontes (Hebrew name: Yochanan Ben Yosef).

 

Published in August 24, 2015.

 

Updated in August 27, 2015.

 

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