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Were these authors both inspired by the same Spirit?
Zachariah foretells in Jerusalem, after the return of the
Jews from captivity, the coming of a king. Though meek
and humble, mounted upon a colt of an ass, still he is coming
with salvation and would rebuild the house of God. He pro-
phesies this at a time when the Jews are endeavoring to
rebuild the Temple and the ruined town; their neighboring
peoples are against them; the work of building is stopped
until Darius, King of Persia, issues a firman for the cons-
truction. Although no Jewish king had ever appeared since
the sixth century before Christ, nevertheless they had had
autonomous governments under foreign sovereigns. The sal-
vation here promised, be it noted, is material and immediate,
and not a salvation to come five hundred and twenty years
afterwards, when Jesus of Nazareth would ride upon two asses
simultaneously and enter into Jerusalem, already a large and
Zachariah foretells in Jerusalem, after the return of the
Jews from captivity, the coming of a king. Though meek
and humble, mounted upon a colt of an ass, still he is coming
with salvation and would rebuild the house of God. He pro-
phesies this at a time when the Jews are endeavoring to
rebuild the Temple and the ruined town; their neighboring
peoples are against them; the work of building is stopped
until Darius, King of Persia, issues a firman for the cons-
truction. Although no Jewish king had ever appeared since
the sixth century before Christ, nevertheless they had had
autonomous governments under foreign sovereigns. The sal-
vation here promised, be it noted, is material and immediate,
and not a salvation to come five hundred and twenty years
afterwards, when Jesus of Nazareth would ride upon two asses
simultaneously and enter into Jerusalem, already a large and