Zacharias 3:6
And the angel of the Lord protested to Jesus, saying:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et contestabatur angelus Domini Jesum, dicens :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ διεμαρτύρατο ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου πρὸς Ἰησοῦν λέγων
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיָּ֨עַד֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה בִּיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר
The Fathers on this verse
Lactantius The Divine Institutes, Chap. XIV. Of the priesthood of Jesus foretold by the prophets
From which things it is evident that all the prophets declared concerning Christ, that it should come to pass at some time, that being born with a body of the race of David , He should build an eternal temple in honour of God, which is called the Church, and assemble all nations to the true worship of God. This is the faithful house, this is the everlasting temple; and if any one hath not sacrificed in this, he will not have the reward of immortality. And since Christ was the builder of this great and eternal temple, He must also have an everlasting priesthood in it; and there can be no approach to the shrine of the temple, and to the sight of God, except through Him who built the temple. David in the cixth Psalm teaches the same, saying: “Before the morning-star I begat Thee. …