Zechariah 4:12
And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”
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In Context
11Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”
13“Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.
Cross References
Haggai 1:1In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
Revelation 11:4These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 4:12-14
The Vision of the Olive-Trees. ( b. c. 520.) 11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.… Read the whole commentary →