Zechariah 2 in the early church

[Vulgate: Zacharias]

50 passages quote, allude to, or echo Zechariah 2, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13

Zechariah 2:1

Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:1–2	Homilies on Numbers 18.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Zech 2:1–2	Book of Heresies 153.1 · Philastrius of Brescia	allusion, high confidence	ca. 380s
Zech 2:1	Homily 15 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394

Zechariah 2:4

and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:4–7	Demonstration 19.6 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345

Zechariah 2:5

For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:5	Poem 26, lines 99–129 · Paulinus of Nola	echo, medium confidence	ca. 393–431

Zechariah 2:6

“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:6 (2:10 LXX)	First Apology 52 · Justin Martyr	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 150–155
Zech 2:6	Letter 98.19 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Zech 2:6	On the Trinity 3 · Faustinus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–384

Zechariah 2:7

“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:7	Letter 98.19 · Jerome	quotation, high confidence	ca. 370–419

Zechariah 2:8

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:8 (2:12 LXX)	Dialogue with Trypho 137.2 · Justin Martyr	allusion, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Zech 2:8	Against Marcion 4.35 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	207/208 (third edition, completed later)
Zech 2:8	PG 12:1219 (Ps 16 LXX) · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254
Zech 2:8 (2:12 LXX)	Prophetic Extracts 3.21 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Zech 2:8–9 (2:12-Zech LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 5.25.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:8–9 (2:12-Zech LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.16.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:8 (2:12 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.16.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:8 (2:12 LXX)	Letter 102 · Basil of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 357–378
Zech 2:8	On the Christian Faith 2.4 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
Zech 2:8	On the Trinity 3 · Faustinus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–384
Zech 2:8–9	City of God 20.30 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	413–426
Zech 2:8	On the Governance of God 8.16 · Salvian of Marseilles	quotation, high confidence	ca. 439-451

Zechariah 2:9

I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:9 (2:13 LXX)	Prophetic Extracts 3.21 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Zech 2:9 (2:13 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.16.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:9 (2:13 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.16.4 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:9	On the Christian Faith 2.4 · Ambrose	quotation, high confidence	ca. 378–380
Zech 2:9	On the Trinity 3 · Faustinus	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380–384

Zechariah 2:10

“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:10 (2:14 LXX)	Dialogue with Trypho 115.1 · Justin Martyr	quotation, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Zech 2:10 (2:14 LXX)	On Pascha 45 · text not on this site · Melito of Sardis	echo, low confidence	ca. 160-180
Zech 2:10 (2:14 LXX)	Prophetic Extracts 3.22 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Zech 2:10–11 (2:14-Zech LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 2.2.10 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:10–11 (2:14-Zech LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 2.3.39 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:10–11 (2:14-Zech LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 5.26.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:10 (2:14 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 5.26.3 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:10–11 (2:14-Zech LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.17.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:10–11 (2:14-15 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.4.1 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:10 (2:14 LXX)	Catechetical Lecture 12.9 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
Zech 2:10	Tractates on the Psalms 131.6 · Hilary of Poitiers	allusion, low confidence	ca. 360–367

Zechariah 2:11

“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Dialogue with Trypho 115.1 · Justin Martyr	quotation, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Dialogue with Trypho 119.3 · Justin Martyr	allusion, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Prophetic Extracts 3.22 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	before 325 (probably ca. 310–320)
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 5.26.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 5.26.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.17.2 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.4.11 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 2:11	Demonstration 16.1 · Aphrahat	quotation, medium confidence	337-345
Zech 2:11 (2:15 LXX)	Catechetical Lecture 12.9 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350

Zechariah 2:12

And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:12 (2:16 LXX)	Dialogue with Trypho 115.2 · Justin Martyr	quotation, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Zech 2:12	Demonstration 19.6 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 2:13 (2:17 LXX)	Dialogue with Trypho 115.2 · Justin Martyr	quotation, high confidence	ca. 155–160
Zech 2:13	Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 380