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One shall say to him, What are these wounds between your arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
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The Shame of a False Prophet
Most commentators, including Calvin and Spurgeon, see this as a continuation of the theme of purging false prophecy. In a future day of revival, a former false prophet is so ashamed of his past that when questioned about marks on his hands (from idolatry or punishment), he gives an evasive answer. He attributes the wounds to his family or "friends" to avoid admitting his shameful past, showing how detestable false teaching will become.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And one shall say to him, What are those wounds in your hands? - The words are simple; the meaning different, depending on how they are unit…
19th Century
Anglican
In.—Better, between — i.e., on the hands and up the arms. His interrogator accuses him of having cut himself in …
Baptist
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. And one shall say unto him, What are the…
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet, to finish what we explained yesterday, says that such would be the discipline among the new people after they have repented, that…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in your hands? That is, if you are not a prophet, what is the meani…
In the time mentioned at the close of the previous chapter, a fountain would be opened to the rulers and people of the Jews, in which to wash away …
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