Zec 3:8, 6:12 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 8. O Joshua-thou, and thy fellows ] Thy countrymen , who have now returned from your captivity, in a very wonderful manner. anshey mopheth, figurative men , men whose office and ministration prefigured the Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore it is immediately added, "I will bring forth my servant The BRANCH." Abp. Newcome thinks this means Zerubbabel , so called because he was the grandson of Jehoiakim, or Jeconiah, king of Judah, , and heir to the throne of Judah. The Chaldee has, "My servant the Messiah." . I think the word cannot apply to Zerubbabel, except as a type of Christ; in that sense it may be understood of him. See .

‏ Zechariah 3:8

Verse 8. O Joshua-thou, and thy fellows] Thy countrymen, who have now returned from your captivity, in a very wonderful manner. anshey mopheth, figurative men, men whose office and ministration prefigured the Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore it is immediately added, "I will bring forth my servant The BRANCH." Abp. Newcome thinks this means Zerubbabel, so called because he was the grandson of Jehoiakim, or Jeconiah, king of Judah, Mt 1:12, and heir to the throne of Judah. The Chaldee has, "My servant the Messiah." See Clarke on Isa 4:2. I think the word cannot apply to Zerubbabel, except as a type of Christ; in that sense it may be understood of him. See Zec 6:11, 12.

‏ Zechariah 6:12

Verse 12. Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH!] I cannot think that Zerubbabel is here intended; indeed, he is not so much as mentioned in Zec 3:8. Joshua and his companions are called anshey mopheth, figurative or typical men; the crowning therefore of Joshua in this place, and calling him the BRANCH, was most probably in reference to that glorious person, the Messiah, of whom he was the type or figure. The Chaldee has, "whose name is my MESSIAH," or CHRIST.

And he shall grow up out of his place] That is, out of David's root, tribe, and family.

And he shall build the temple of the Lord.] This cannot refer to the building of the temple then in hand, for Zerubbabel was its builder: but to that temple, the Christian Church, that was typified by it; for Zerubbabel is not named here, and only Joshua or Jesus (the name is the same) is the person who is to be crowned and to build this spiritual temple.