JEWS!! who does this verse from YOUR bible sound like its talking about!?

Question

"And one shall say to him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends."
Zechariach 13:6 KJV

come on jews, who was the HEBREW JEWISH PROPHET talking about if not your lord jesus who you rejected?

Answer 1

These Jews would say yes, that is a Scripture verse about Jesus:
http://www.jewsforjesus.org/

Answer 2

I'm not Jewish, but I can answer this question.

I am disappointed that the asker and most other Christian answerers don't know that this is NOT a reference to Jesus (Yeshua). The context of Zechariah's prophecy speaks about FALSE PROPHETS in the land of Israel in the end times, particularly during the "Time of Jacob's Trouble" (i.e. the Tribulation). During that time, the Jewish people will correctly identify false prophets which have been misleading them and will persecute them until they stop prophesying falsely. The Hebrew text makes it plain that the "wounds" discussed at this passage are BETWEEN the sufferer's hands -- i.e. ON HIS BACK. This implies that the Jews will whip false prophets until they admit they are false, as recorded at verse 5: they will say "I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth."

Verses 7 - 9 pertain to Yeshua (this is from the Jewish Publication Society Hebrew Bible):

7 Awake, O sword, against My shepherd, and against the man that is near unto Me, saith HaShem of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn My hand upon the little ones.

8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith HaShem, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say: 'It is My people', and they shall say: 'The HaShem is my G-d.'

So again, verses 1 - 6 pertain to FALSE PROPHETS, whereas verses 6 - 9 pertain to Yeshua.

EDIT: It may be of some interest to my Jewish friends here (or perhaps not), but I've reviewed the translation of this passage in 21 different "Christian" Bibles and only TWO read "in thine hands."

Answer 3

Ok- lets look at the hebrew:
וְאָמַר אֵלָיו, מָה הַמַּכּוֹת הָאֵלֶּה בֵּין יָדֶיךָ; וְאָמַר, אֲשֶׁר הֻכֵּיתִי בֵּית מְאַהֲבָי


בֵּין יָדֶיךָ Now - this means BETWEEN not in! in would have been בּיָדֶיךָ. Whoever did the KJV translation did not know hebrew very well at all!

What Zechariah is actually referring to here is someone asling about the marks from a FLOGGING between the persons shoulder blades (between the hands) and the second part: in the house of my friends who loved me and reproved me to the straight path.

Answer 4

I agree with JewishGirl--and it just points up how often my Bible is either mistranslated or completely taken out of context to suit other purposes. I will supply a good translation below; you'll note it does **not** say
"wounds --in-- my hands". Puh-leeze.

1. In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for purification and for sprinkling.

2. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

3 And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begot him shall say unto him: 'Thou shalt not live, for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD'; and his father and his mother that begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be brought to shame every one through his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive;

5 But he shall say: 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.'

6. And one shall say unto him: 'What are these wounds between thy hands?' Then he shall answer: 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

Answer 5

Sorry, jesusfan, but Jesus isn't the only guy to ever cut his hands in the house of his friends. The same could be said of my dad that time the wine bottle broke.

Answer 6

Sorry chief, Jesus did not make an appearance, by direct reference or inference, in any Jewish writings, Torah, Haftorah, you name it. What you are doing is distorting the words of a religion that is not your to try to justify your own religion. This tradition of distortion of other religions book is unique to the Christian and Muslim world, and rather sad and evil to the extent that this behavior has been used to justify killings and forced conversions over the decades. This is a very unchristian behavior, so grow up please and leave others to enjoy their religion as they leave you to yours.

Answer 7

Didn't Jesus say to forgive 77 times? So what if the Jews did something 2,000 years ago. Forgive and forget. People today cannot be held accountable for that. Plus to err is human.

Answer 8

your right, it does sound very clearly like it is talking about jesus.

only you never mentioned the verses leading up to zechariah 13:6. i will post them for you, and i will use a KJV translation since thats the one you seem to like.

Zechariah 13:2-6

2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophecy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophecieth.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophecied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husband-man; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.
6 And one shall say to him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

now the picture is more clear. the prophet is describing the messianic age, and how in those days the land will be cleansed of false prophets and their lies. the wounded-hands guy is described by zechariah to be a false prophet who is deeply ashamed of his deceptions.

isn't it odd how of all the depictions zechariah chose to use of the ashamed false prophet, he chose to describe a man who sounds an awfully lot like jesus? the guy who created a religion of billions of people around himelf and his own godhood?

Answer 9

Well, to me it Sounds like Jesus Christ. Judas Iscariot was a friend of Jesus, even an Apostle, even until the betrayal. By his actions, the Body of Christ was pierced with hate, and with nails.

The part that people would find "ironic" to say the least, was that Christ said "Forgive them Father, they know not what they do", as he was being nailed to the cross. He was not speaking of the Romans (and every eye shall see him, and those who pierced him), but his own people, the Jews. I believe this was a harbinger of things to come.

Answer 10

For your information - The Jews had a belief in many different types of Messiahs as well as many prophets who were killed or rejected.