Zechariah 7 in the early church
[Vulgate: Zacharias]
26 passages quote, allude to, or echo Zechariah 7, 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 · 5 · 6 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13
Zechariah 7:1
In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:1 | Instructions 2.7 · Eucherius of Lyon | allusion, high confidence | ca. 428-434 |
Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:5–6 | Demonstration 15.6 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
Zechariah 7:6
And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:6 | On Jewish Foods 5 · Novatian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 250–258 |
Zechariah 7:9
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:9 | To Autolycus 3.12 · Theophilus of Antioch | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–185 |
| Zech 7:9 | Against Heresies 4.17.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Zech 7:9 | Against Heresies 4.36.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Zech 7:9 | PG 12:1305 (Ps 32 LXX) · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Zech 7:9 | Homilies on Leviticus 9.4 · Origen | echo, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Zech 7:9–13 | On Saint Athanasius 1.37 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| Zech 7:9 | Oration 19.11 · Gregory of Nazianzus | echo, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:10 | To Autolycus 3.12 · Theophilus of Antioch | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–185 |
| Zech 7:10 | Against Heresies 4.17.3 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Zech 7:10 | Against Heresies 4.36.2 · Irenaeus of Lyons | quotation, high confidence | ca. 180–190 |
| Zech 7:10 | Against Marcion 4.16 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Zech 7:10 | Against Marcion 4.35 · Tertullian | quotation, medium confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Zech 7:10 | Against Marcion 5.14 · Tertullian | quotation, medium confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Zech 7:10 | On Prayer 9.3 · Origen | quotation, medium confidence | ca. 233–234 |
| Zech 7:10 | Tractates on Matthew 7.3 · Chromatius of Aquileia | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 388–407 |
Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:11 | Commentary on Jeremiah 1.35 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| Zech 7:11 | Commentary on Jeremiah 6.44 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Zechariah 7:12
They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:12 | Letters to Serapion 1.5 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Zech 7:12 | Letters to Serapion 1.31 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
| Zech 7:12 | Letters to Serapion 3.5 · Athanasius of Alexandria | quotation, high confidence | ca. 357–360 |
Zechariah 7:13
And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zech 7:13 | Oration 2.41 · Gregory of Nazianzus | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Zech 7:13 | Tractates 1.13.6 · Zeno of Verona | quotation, high confidence | ca. 362-380 |
| Zech 7:13 | On the Governance of God 3.42 · Salvian of Marseilles | quotation, high confidence | ca. 439-451 |