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The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
Zechariah 4:1 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
  • BSB Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
  • NKJV Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.
  • NASB Then the angel who had been speaking with me returned and woke me, like a person who is awakened from his sleep.
  • NLT Then the angel who had been talking with me returned and woke me, as though I had been asleep.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 11

  • Dan 8:18Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
  • Jer 31:26On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
  • Zech 1:9Then I asked, ‘My lord, what are these?’” The angel who talked with me said to me, “I will show you what these are.”
  • Zech 1:19I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
  • Zech 2:3Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him,
  • Luke 9:32Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
  • Luke 22:45–46When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,
  • 1 Kgs 19:5–7He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
  • Zech 1:13Yahweh answered the angel who talked with me with kind and comforting words.
  • Dan 10:8–10So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me; for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
  • Zech 3:6–7Yahweh’s angel protested to Joshua, saying,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Zechariah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

The Branch who is both priest and king, the shepherd struck and the flock scattered, the king coming humble on a donkey, the one they pierced, the fountain opened for sin — Zechariah is dense with Christ.

How Zechariah 4:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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