Zechariah

questions: 4

Old Testament · questions that cite Zechariah.

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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.

Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled

Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Who is the Lord of this world?

The tension: The Hebrew Bible repeatedly affirms YHWH as sovereign over all the kingdoms and the whole earth, but several New Testament passages — most notably the Temptati…

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Was Zechariah Iddo's son or grandson?

The tension: Ezra 5:1 and Ezra 6:14 call the prophet Zechariah 'the son of Iddo.' Zechariah 1:1 calls him 'the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo,' which makes Iddo his gran…

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Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
Does God ever get furious?

The tension: Isaiah 27:4 has YHWH declare 'fury is not in me' (chemah ein li).

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Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Who prophesied about the thirty pieces of silver and the potter's field?

The tension: Matthew 27:9 attributes the quotation about the thirty pieces of silver to Jeremiah the prophet.

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