Zechariah

Zechariah
A common name in the Bible (Zacharias in AV).
1) The son of Jehoiada, stoned by the populace (2 Chron. 24:20–3) and probably referred to in Matt. 23:35.
2) The Minor Prophet after the Exile (Zech. 1:1–7).
3) The father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5) to whom an angel [[➝ angels]] appeared to announce the forthcoming birth to his wife Elizabeth. When he asked for a confirmatory sign he was struck dumb—until the child was born, when he then blessed God and spoke of the hope for a Messiah for whom John would prepare the way (Luke 1:76).
4) Son of Baris, murdered by Zealots shortly before the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE according to Josephus [[➝ Josephus, Flavius]].
Matt. 23:35 is mistaken in regarding Zechariah (
1), above) as ‘son of Barachiah’: possibly this was an attempt to harmonize the reference with Zech. 1:1 or even also with Isa. 8:2.
Zechariah (
4), above) would have been an anachronism on the lips of Jesus, but it is not impossible that recollection of this recent case of innocently shed blood was an influence on Matt.

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