This is a verse with reference to the Lord Jesus Christ. He was priced in his hands by His own. The Message version make a mockery here concerning the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Notice the Message (MSG) translation below. All your commentaries make mentioned of His pierced hands not His chest, body, back and arms. Plus, some of the versions take the text from the singular and make it plural which makes the verse a blur picture concerning Jesus.  The verse reads “He shall answer” not “we”.

 

 

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,