Zechariah 3:8
“Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.”
King James Version
Fulfillment References
John 1:29 Zechariah 6:12-13 Hebrews 4:14
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishThis Branch is a future royal-priestly figure; Joshua the priest is a symbol. Not yet fulfilled.
CatholicFulfilled in Jesus who is both priest and king — the Branch who removes iniquity in one day (the cross).
ProtestantChrist's priestly and kingly roles perfectly fulfill the Branch imagery.
DispensationalThe Branch who builds the temple (Zech 6:12-13) = Christ building his Millennial temple.
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