This is a verse with reference
to the Lord Jesus Christ. He was priced
in his hands by His own. The modern
versions make a mockery here concerning the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Notice the Message (MSG) translation below. All your commentaries make mentioned of His pirced hands not His chest, body, back and arms.
Zechariah 13:6 (KJV) 6 And one shall say unto him, What are
these wounds in thine hands? Then he
shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in
the house of my friends.
Zechariah 13:6 (HCSB) 6 If someone asks him: What are these wounds on your chest?—then
he will answer: I received the wounds in the house of my friends.
Zechariah 13:6 (NIV) 6 If someone asks him, 'What are these wounds on your body?' he
will answer, 'The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.'
Zechariah 13:6 (ESV) 6 And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’ he
will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
Zechariah 13:6 (NKJV) 6 And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between
your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was
wounded in the house of my friends.'
Zechariah 13:6 (MSG) 6 And if someone says, 'And so where did you get that black eye?'
they'll say, 'I
ran into a door at a friend's house.'
Zechariah 13:6 (ASV) 6 And one shall say unto him, What
are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Zechariah 13:6 (AMP) 6 And one shall say to him, What are
these wounds on your breast or
between your hands? Then he will answer, Those
with which I was wounded [when disciplined] in the house of my [loving]
friends.
Zechariah 13:6 (BBE) 6 And if anyone says to him, What are
these wounds between your hands?
then he will say, Those with which I was wounded in
the house of my friends.
Zechariah 13:6 (GW) 6 “When someone asks him, ‘What are these scars on your chest?' he will answer, ‘I was hurt at my
friend's house.'
Zechariah 13:6 (NASB) 6 "And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will
say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
Zechariah 13:6 (NLT) 6 And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?’ he will
say, ‘I was wounded at my friends’ house!’
Zechariah 13:6 (TLB) 6 "And if someone asks, ’Then what are these scars on your chest and your
back?’ he will say, ’I got into a brawl at the home of a friend!’
Zechariah 13:6 (Darby) 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.
Zechariah 13:6 (NASB77) 6 "And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will
say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'
Zechariah 13:6 (YLT) 6 And one hath said unto him, `What are these wounds in thy
hands?' And he hath said, `Because I was smitten at home
by my lovers.'
Zechariah 13:6 NET Then someone will ask him, 'What are
these wounds on your chest?' and he will answer, 'Some that
I received in the
house of my friends.'
Zechariah 13:6 CEV And if any of them are asked why they
are wounded, they will
answer, "It happened at the house of
some friends."
He was sold for the
price of a slave (Zech. 11:12; Matt. 27:3
10). The result: He was wounded in the
house of His friends
(Zech. 13:6) and
pierced on the cross (Zech. 12:10). What a
tragedy
that the "City of Peace" should reject her "Prince of
Peace" and
crucify Him.
Warren W. Wiersbe, Wiersbe's Expository
Outlines –
Here is a list of the
prophecies to check against those found
by
the group members:
Christ the
Branch—Zech. 3:8
Christ my
Servant—Zech. 3:8
Jesus' entry into
Jerusalem on a colt—Zech. 9:9
Christ the good
Shepherd—Zech. 9:16; Zech. 11:4-9
Christ the smitten
Shepherd—Zech. 13:7
Christ betrayed for 30
pieces of silver—Zech. 11:12-13
Jesus' hands
pierced—Zech. 12:10
Christ's people
saved—Zech. 12:10; Zech. 13:1
Christ wounded in the
house of His friends—Zech. 13:6
Christ's return on the
Mount of Olives—Zech. 14:3-8
Christ's return and
coronation—Zech. 14
Henrietta C. Mears,
What the Bible is All About,
Zechariah foretells
the Savior more than any other
prophet
except Isaiah:
Christ the
Branch—Zech. 3:8
Christ my
Servant—Zech. 3:8
Christ's entry in
Jerusalem on a colt—Zech. 9:9
Christ the good
Shepherd—Zech. 9:16; Zech. 11:11
Christ the stricken
Shepherd—Zech. 13:7
Christ betrayed for
thirty pieces of silver—Zech. 11:12-13
Christ's hands
pierced—Zech. 12:10
Christ's people
saved—Zech. 12:10; Zech. 13:1
Christ wounded in the
house of His friends—Zech. 13:6
Christ's coming on the
Mount of Olives—Zech. 14:3-8.
He who ascended from
the Mount of Olives shall so
come
in the same way as He left. Read Acts 1:11.
Christ's coming and
coronation—Zech. 14.
Henrietta C Mears, What
the Bible is All About,
JFB -type of Messiah,
condemned as a false prophet,
and
pierced with “wounds between His hands.” Thus
the
transition to the direct prophecy of Him (Zec_13:7)
is
natural, which it would not be if He were not
indirectly
and in type alluded to.
wounded
in ... house of my friends — an implied
admission
that he had pretended to prophecy, and that
his
friends had wounded him for it in zeal for God
(Zec_13:3). The Holy
Spirit in Zechariah alludes
indirectly
to Messiah, the Antitype, wounded by those
whom
He came to befriend, who ought to have been
His “friends,” who
were His kinsmen (compare
Zec_13:3, as to the
false prophet’s friends, with
Mar_3:21, “His
friends,” Margin, “kinsmen”; Joh_7:5;
“His own,” Joh_1:11;
the Jews, “of whom as
concerning
the flesh He came,” Rom_9:5), but who
wounded
Him by the agency of the Romans
(Zec_12:10).
MH - Some good
interpreters, observing how soon this
comes
after the mention of Christ's being pierced, think
that
these are the words of that great prophet, not of
the
false prophet spoken of before. Christ was
wounded
in his hands, when they were nailed to the
cross,
and, after his resurrection, he had the marks of
these
wounds; and here he tells how he came by
them;
he received them as a false prophet, for the
chief
priests called him a deceiver, and upon that
account
would have him crucified; but he received
them
in the house of his friends - the Jews, who should
have
been his friends; for he came to his own, and,
though
they were his bitter enemies, yet he was
pleased
to call them his friends, as he did Judas
(Friend, wherefore
hast thou come?) because they
forwarded
his sufferings for him; as he called Peter
Satan - an adversary,
because he dissuaded him from
them.
Barnes - The most
literal interpretation, then, of the wounds in the hands harmonizes with the
piercing before, and the smiting of the Good Shepherd which follows, of whom
David too prophesied, “They pierced My Hands and My Feet” Psa_22:16. “What are those wounds on Thy hands? How
long, think you, and how and by whom will this be said to Him? For ever and ever, unceasingly, and with unspeakable
admiration it will be said, both by God the Father, “to whom He was obedient
unto death, the death of the Cross” Phi_2:8 : it will
be said also both by the holy “angels” who “desire to look into” Him 1Pe_1:12,
and by people whom He has redeemed. O great miracle, wonderful spectacle,
especially in the Lord of all, to bear wounds in the midst of His Hands! And He
shall say; “With these I was wounded in the house of those who loved Me.” O great sacrilege, sacrilegious homicide, that such
wounds were inflicted in the house of those who loved.
He will not say, ‘with these I was wounded by those who loved Me,’ but ‘in the house of those who loved Me.’ For they who
inflicted them, loved Him not.
Let me repeat that the
day is coming when the Lord Jesus Christ is going to make Himself known unto
His brethren, the Jews. When He came the first time, "he came unto his
own, and his own received him not" (John 1:11). In fact, they delivered
Him up to be crucified. But when He comes the second time, He will make Himself
known to His own people. "And one shall say unto him, What
are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall
answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of
my friends" (Zech. 13:6). Christ will make Himself known to His brethren.
And "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" (Zech.
13:1). It will be a family affair between the Lord Jesus and His brethren. The
episode of Joseph revealing himself to his brothers gives us a little inkling
of how wonderful that day of Christ's revelation will be.
Joseph is so charged
with emotion that he can't contain himself. In the house of Pharaoh they can
hear the weeping. They can't understand what is happening over at Joseph's
house.
J. Vernon McGee, Thru The Bible with J. Vernon McGee
Christ's Sufferings,
Zechariah 13:6
Frank Charles
Thompson, Thompson Chain Reference Bible
13:2-6 This chapter pictures the final days of the earth as we know
it. For God's new era to begin, there must be a
cleansing—all evil must be abolished. Therefore, idols will be banished, and
false prophets will be ashamed of themselves and no
longer try to deceive God's people.13:7 Just before his arrest, Jesus quoted
from this verse, referring to himself and his disciples (Matthew 26:31, 32). He
knew beforehand that his disciples would scatter when he was arrested. The
Roman "sword" was the military power that put Christ to death.
Life Application Study
Bible
Zechariah's Messianic
insight: He predicted that Christ would enter Jerusalem triumphantly on a colt
(Zec. 9:9), that he would be sold for thiry pieces of silver (Zec.
11:12), that his blood would open up a "fountain" in the House of
David "for sin and for uncleanness" (Zec.
13:1), that his wounds would be inflicted in the house of his friends (Zec. 13:6) ("He came unto his own, and his own
received him not,"Jn. 1:11). In a glorious foreview Zechariah parts the curtain and shows the Savior
in his triumphant arrival on the Mount of Olives (Zec.
14:4).
Howard A. Hanke, The Thompson Chain
Reference Bible Companion
You have but to study
"Moses and the prophets" to find how clearly those holy men, who spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, saw the
sufferings of Christ and the glory that would follow (Gen. 3:15; 22:18; Isa.
50:6; 53:3-12; Dan. 9:24-26; Zech. 6:12, 13; 13:6, 7; Mal. 3:1-3).
James
Smith, – Handfuls on Purpose, (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans,
1945), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 840.
5. His Second Coming.
"His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives (chap. 14:3, 4). Notice that
this is after He had been pierced and wounded in the house of His friends
(Jews) (chap. 13:6).
James Smith, –
Handfuls on Purpose
His
Cross in His hands. And one shall say unto Him:
"What are these wounds in Thine hands?" (chap. 13:6). Ah, these wounds are the marks of His identity
with the Man who was nailed to a Cross, of whom their fathers cried, "Let
Him be crucified." Shall that be the time "when a nation shall be
born in a day?" Something like this happens when a sin-smitten soul gets
its first look of Jesus as their sin-bearer. He died for me. My sins were there
at the nailing of Christ to the tree. The wounds in His hands, even in His
glorified body (John 20:20) will remain through all Eternity, as a witness to
the triumphs of His death.
James Smith, –
Handfuls on Purpose
Brethren, observe that
Christ so loved the sheep that he gave his life. 'What are these wounds in thy
hands? ... These are the wounds I have received in the house of my friends'
Zechariah 13:6.
Brethren, if ever you
and I get to heaven, this is what we will see, 'A Lamb as it had been slain'
Revelation 5:6. Are you attracted by the sight? What are you made of, that you
do not see this love? O brethren, to whom will you go if not to him? Observe
what he offers — himself. 'I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep', that is, I am willing to
give myself to you.
A Treasury of Great
Preaching,