Zechariah 1 in the early church

[Vulgate: Zacharias]

55 passages quote, allude to, or echo Zechariah 1, 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 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16

Zechariah 1 as a whole

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1–Zech:14	Canon 60 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	ca. 343–381
Zech 1–Zech:14	Canon 47 · Anonymous	allusion, high confidence	397

Zechariah 1:1

In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying:
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:1	Miscellanies 1.21.122 · Clement of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 198–203
Zech 1:1	On the Computation of Easter 16 · Anonymous	allusion, medium confidence	243
Zech 1:1	Divine Institutes 4.5.8 · Lactantius	allusion, high confidence	ca. 303–311
Zech 1:1	Demonstration of the Gospel 7.1.110 · Eusebius of Caesarea	echo, medium confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:1	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.65 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:1	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.4.9 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:1	Commentary on Daniel 9, scholion 29 · Polychronius of Apamea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 400-430

Zechariah 1:3

So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:3	Commentary on John 1.15 · Origen	echo, low confidence	ca. 230–248
Zech 1:3	Commentary on John 1.291 · Origen	allusion, low confidence	ca. 230–248
Zech 1:3	To Vigilius, on Jewish Unbelief 1 · Anonymous	quotation, high confidence	3rd century (disputed)
Zech 1:3	Demonstration 14.2 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
Zech 1:3	Oration II Against the Arians 31 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 339–346
Zech 1:3	Letter 147.8 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Zech 1:3	Liber Orsiesii 33 · Orsiesius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380-390
Zech 1:3	Sermon 142.4 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 391-430
Zech 1:3	On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins 2.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	411–412
Zech 1:3	On Grace and Free Will 5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 426
Zech 1:3	Letter 6, chapter 1 · Sixtus III, bishop of Rome	quotation, high confidence	432–440
Zech 1:3	Part 2, chapter 33 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage	quotation, high confidence	ca. 445-450

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:5–6	Liber Orsiesii 49 · Orsiesius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380-390

Zechariah 1:6

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:6	Catechetical Lecture 16.29 · Cyril of Jerusalem	quotation, high confidence	ca. 350
Zech 1:6	Letters to Serapion 1.5 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
Zech 1:6	Letters to Serapion 1.31 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
Zech 1:6	Letters to Serapion 3.5 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 357–360
Zech 1:6	On the Holy Spirit 29 · Didymus the Blind	quotation, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391
Zech 1:6	On the Holy Spirit 30 · Didymus the Blind	quotation, high confidence	Greek ca. 360-390; Latin 387-391

Zechariah 1:7

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:7	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.81 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:7	Instructions 2.7 · Eucherius of Lyon	allusion, high confidence	ca. 428-434

Zechariah 1:8

I looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:8	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.15.10 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:8	Demonstration of the Gospel 6.15.12 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:8–11	Homily 3 · Gregory of Nyssa	allusion, high confidence	ca. 390–394

Zechariah 1:9

“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:9	On the Flesh of Christ 14 · Tertullian	quotation, high confidence	ca. 206–211
Zech 1:9	On the Witch of Endor 7 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
Zech 1:9	Homilies on Psalms 36-38 9.2 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410)
Zech 1:9	Homilies on Jeremiah 16.3 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 240
Zech 1:9	Letter 36.15 · Jerome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 370–419
Zech 1:9	Letter 162.5 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 386–430
Zech 1:9	Literal Commentary on Genesis 9.2 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 401–415
Zech 1:9	Enchiridion (Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love) 59 · Augustine of Hippo	quotation, high confidence	ca. 421–423
Zech 1:9	The Conferences 1.19 · John Cassian	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 426–429

Zechariah 1:10

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:10	Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 220-254

Zechariah 1:12

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:12	To Autolycus 3.25 · Theophilus of Antioch	echo, low confidence	ca. 180–185
Zech 1:12	Preparation for the Gospel 10.9.5 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, low confidence	ca. 313–324
Zech 1:12	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.81 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:12	Demonstration of the Gospel 8.2.82 · Eusebius of Caesarea	quotation, high confidence	ca. 314–324
Zech 1:12	Oration II Against the Arians 31 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, high confidence	ca. 339–346

Zechariah 1:13

So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:13	Oration II Against the Arians 31 · Athanasius of Alexandria	allusion, high confidence	ca. 339–346

Zechariah 1:14

Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:14	On First Principles 3.2.4 · Origen	quotation, high confidence	ca. 220–230 (Rufinus's translation 398)
Zech 1:14–15	Demonstration 19.6 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345
Zech 1:14–15	On Saint Athanasius 1.37 · Lucifer of Cagliari	quotation, high confidence	ca. 356–361
Zech 1:14	Letters to Serapion 1.11 · Athanasius of Alexandria	quotation, medium confidence	ca. 357–360

Zechariah 1:15

but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:15	Book of Rules 7 · Tyconius	quotation, high confidence	ca. 380

Zechariah 1:16

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Zech 1:16–17	Demonstration 19.6 · Aphrahat	quotation, high confidence	337-345