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Barnes' Notes on Zechariah 13:9
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Notes on the Whole Bible
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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I will bring the third part through the fire - Such is always God’s ways. “Thou hast proved us, O God; Thou hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thou broughtest us into the snare, Thou laidest trouble upon our loins: we went through fire and water, and Thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place” Psalms 66:9-11. “I have refined thee, but not with silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction” Isaiah 48:10; and, “Through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God” Acts 14:22. Dionysius: “In adversity virtue is most tried, and it is shown what advance a person has made; for ‘patience’ hath ‘a perfect work’ James 1:4; and it is called the touchstone of all other virtues, as is written; ‘God tried His elect as gold in the furnace and received them as a burnt offering’ ; and, ‘All the faithful who have pleased the Lord have passed through many tribulations’ . And the angel Raphael saith to Tobias, ‘Because thou wert accepted of God, need was that temptation should prove thee’ .” “Adversities are granted to the elect of God, and therefore to be rejoiced in with the whole heart.” “Fire, crosses, racks were prepared; swords executioners torturers were put in action; new forms of suffering were invented, and yet Christian virtue remained moveless, unconquered: the fiercer the onslaught, the more glorious was the triumph.” : “The more suffered, the more believed in Christ.” Osorius: “Whose virtue they adimired, these they imitated, and shared the suffering, that they might be partakers of the glory. This was that fire, whereby God willed that His own should be tried and purified, that, with Christ whom they gave themselves to imitate, they might enjoy everlasting glory.” I will bless him and will say, It is My people - Dionysius: “not only by creation as the rest, but by devotion and worship, by predestination and infusion of grace, by singular Providence, by mutual love; ‘and it shall say, The Lord is my God,’ whom alone above all things, I long for, love, worship.” This promise is oftentimes renewed through the prophets, oftentimes fulfilled in Christ, whenever the Church is recalled from listlessness by fiery trials, and through them her children are restored to deeper devotedness and closer union with God. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Zechariah 13". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/zechariah-13.html. 1870. StudyLight.org © 2001-2026 Powered by Lightspeed Technology
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