The Meaning of Zechariah 13:6 Explained

Zechariah 13:6

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.'

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Zechariah 13:6?

MEANING: What does Zechariah 13:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Zechariah 13:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Zechariah 13:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Zechariah 13:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Sometimes false prophets cut themselves to arouse prophetic ecstasy, to increase ritual potency, or to identify themselves with a particular god (cf. Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 21:5; Deuteronomy 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28; Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 41:5; Jeremiah 48:37). If someone saw such marks on a false prophet"s body in that future day, the false prophet might claim that he had received his injuries by accident in a friend"s house. The modern practice of claiming, "I walked into a door," to avoid telling the real reason for an injury is similar.
Though some expositors believed this verse describes Messiah and His wounds, the preceding context and lack of any New Testament citation of the verse in relation to Messiah argue against this view. [1]
"This verse is best understood as an evasive reply of a false prophet in the last days. It carries on and concludes the subject begun in Zechariah 13:2. By no valid interpretation may it be referred to the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no clear change of subject between Zechariah 13:5-6 such as exists between Zechariah 13:6-7. Christ would not claim that He was not a prophet (cf. Deuteronomy 18:15-18); He was not a farmer; He was not bought or sold from His youth. Zechariah 13:7 does speak of Christ, as Matthew 26:31 and Mark 14:27 attest." [2]
"As is always the case with genuine conversion, there are both negative and positive aspects. The positive consists of the restoration to fellowship that takes place when sin has been forgiven ( Zechariah 13:1). The negative involves the removal of those habits and attitudes that occasioned the interruption of fellowship between God and His people in the first place ( Zechariah 13:2-6)." [3]

Context Summary

Zechariah 13:1-9 - A Day Of Testing
This Fountain was opened, when the soldier pierced the Savior's side. But it is not enough for God to forgive; He must deal drastically with the waywardness of his people. And so thorough would be the work, that parents would rather their son should die than assume for filthy lucre and without the divine call, the lucrative profession of a prophet. A township would arise against a man suspected of being a prophet, who, in his terror, would pretend that he was a tiller of the ground. And if they discovered marks in his body which indicated that he had been previously branded as a false prophet, he would rather assert that his friends had been the cause of his affliction, than that he had any sympathy with the prophetic office.
Note that remarkable anticipation, Zechariah 13:7-9. See Matthew 26:31. Jesus knew that He was the Father's fellow. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God. "We will come unto Him, and make our abode with Him." But He is also the Man. By the grace of the One Man, we may reign in life, Romans 5:17. [source]

Chapter Summary: Zechariah 13

1  The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem,
2  from idolatry, and false prophecy
7  The death of Christ, and the trial of a third part

What do the individual words in Zechariah 13:6 mean?

And [one] will say to him what [are] wounds these between your arms and he will answer [Those] with which I was wounded in the house of my friends -
וְאָמַ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו מָ֧ה הַמַּכּ֛וֹת הָאֵ֖לֶּה בֵּ֣ין ؟ יָדֶ֑יךָ וְאָמַ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֻכֵּ֖יתִי בֵּ֥ית מְאַהֲבָֽי ס

וְאָמַ֣ר  And  [one]  will  say 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלָ֔יו  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מָ֧ה  what  [are] 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
הַמַּכּ֛וֹת  wounds 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַכָּה  
Sense: blow, wound, slaughter.
הָאֵ֖לֶּה  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בֵּ֣ין  between 
Parse: Preposition
Root: בַּיִן 
Sense: between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between.
؟ יָדֶ֑יךָ  your  arms 
Parse: Noun, fdc, second person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וְאָמַ֕ר  and  he  will  answer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר  [Those]  with  which 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
הֻכֵּ֖יתִי  I  was  wounded 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
בֵּ֥ית  in  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מְאַהֲבָֽי  of  my  friends 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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