Zechariah 9 in the early church
[Vulgate: Zacharias]
96 passages quote, allude to, or echo Zechariah 9, 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: 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Zechariah 9:10
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 9:11 | Commentary on Matthew 16.14 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
| Zech 9:11 | Demonstration 14.31 · Aphrahat | allusion, high confidence | 337-345 |
| Zech 9:11 | Catechetical Lecture 12.11 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Zech 9:11 | Catechetical Lecture 13.32 · Cyril of Jerusalem | quotation, high confidence | ca. 350 |
| Zech 9:11 | City of God 18.35 · Augustine of Hippo | quotation, high confidence | 413–426 |
Zechariah 9:12
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 9:12 | Commentary on Matthew 16.14 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 246–248 |
Zechariah 9:13
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 9:13 | Letter 34.4 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Zechariah 9:14
Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 9:14 | On the Life of Moses 379 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, low confidence | ca. 385–395 |
| Zech 9:14 | Explanation of Twelve Psalms 45.13.4 · Ambrose | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 387-397 |
Zechariah 9:15
The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 9:15–16 | Against Marcion 4.39 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
Zechariah 9:16
On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 9:16 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 805 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Zech 9:16 | Letter 22.19 · Jerome | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Zech 9:16 | Letter 78.39 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Zech 9:16 | Homily 7 · Gregory of Nyssa | quotation, high confidence | ca. 379–394 |
| Zech 9:16 | Homily 7 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 390–394 |
| Zech 9:16–17 | Book 1, chapter 24 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 440-450 |
Zechariah 9:17
How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 9:17 | Apostolic Constitutions 4.5.2 · Anonymous | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 380 |
| Zech 9:17 | Apostolic Constitutions 7.20.2 · Anonymous | quotation, high confidence | ca. 380 |
| Zech 9:17 | Against Jovinianus 1.30 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | 393 |
| Zech 9:17 | Letters 40.10 · Paulinus of Nola | allusion, low confidence | ca. 394–413 |
| Zech 9:17 | The Conferences 3.16 · John Cassian | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 426–429 |