Chapter eight introduces the key antagonist of the story. Luke mentioned that Saul was a co-conspirator at Stephenâs murder, albeit not a full participant. The most zealous of his peers (Galatians 1:14), Saul used Stephenâs âblasphemyâ as the perfect catalyst to begin an outright war with these Jewish traitors, who blatantly worshiped a criminal instead […]
Chapter six closes Zechariahâs night with a final vision, this one of âfour chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronzeâ (Zechariah 6:1-8). These chariots were driven by the four horsemen of his first vision (Zechariah 1:8-11). In the first vision they reported to Jehovah that they had settled peace on the earth at that
Introduction The book of Zechariah bears the prophetâs name, which means âJehovah will rememberâ or âJehovah remembers.â The book is difficult to date as a whole, because only three of the prophecies are dated. These exceptions are in Zechariah 1:1 (âthe eighth month of Dariusâ second year,â 520 B.C.), Zechariah 1:7 (âthe twenty-fourth day of
