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That much is well established, but Zechariah ben Berechiah's death must be established to prove anything. Both Zechariah's are seperated by almost 3 Centuries (as Netanel rightly pointed out) and can't be confused with each other !!


It is another misapplication of scripture by the GT authors, who clearly did confuse them. You say that Zechariah ben Berechiah's death must be established to prove Yeshu wrong, however Zechariah ben Yehoiada did die in the manner Yeshu mis-attributes to Zechariah ben Berechiah.

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Not really, you ASSUMED Jesus was refering to 2Ch. 24:20-21 !


Actually, you are assuming - based on the fact that he cited the wrong Zechariah - that he didn't mean Zechariah ben Yehoiada. However, he clearly cited the events of II Chronicles 24:20-21 while naming the Zechariah who was instrumental in prophecying the building of the Second Temple.

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The key to Matt.23:35 is the span of murders Jesus is referring to: "FROM the blood of righteous Abel (the first murder of the righteous) to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah (the MOST RECENT murder of the righteous at that time), whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar.


Yes, and along with falsely attributing the death of one Zechariah to a Zechariah that lived 300 years later, he also falsely holds the Jews responsible for the death of Abel. He is clearly not a stickler for accuracy.

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Unless anyone can PROVE conclusively that Zechariah ben Berechiah did not die between the altar and the sanctuary then there's no basis for concluding Jesus (hence Matthew) had the wrong Zechariah.


There is actually a good deal of basis - which you are willfully ignoring - to conclude Yeshu had the wrong Zechariah. Such as there is no scriptural or historical basis for the notion that Zechariah ben Berechiah was murdered in the Temple, while Zechariah ben Yehoiada's murder is depicted just as Yeshu cites ben Berechiah to have been.

The author of Matthew clearly confused them, either that or Yeshu himself got the reference wrong. Either way, the basis for concluding that Yeshu/Matthew had the wrong Zechariah is pretty rock solid, something which can't be said for the apologetics which try to claim there is no error.

You dispute often, yet you do not offer any scriptural or historical backing for your disputes. Anyone can say "nuh-uh" and accuse others of "wrong assumptions", but you've offered nothing to support your ascertion.

Netanel