Z'charyah / Zechariah 11 is not a messianic prophecy. There is not one word in the chapter that the messiah will be despised. The prophet (speaking for G-d) says that three shepherds (rulers) rejected G-d and so G-d in turn could not tolerate them. THEM. Three rulers (not one man, aka Jesus). As in plural -- not singular. "I cut off the three shepherds in one month, I could not tolerate them; moreover, they were too much for Me." Z'charyah / Zechariah 11:8. The creator of the list of 365 supposed prophecies Jesus fulfilled must have thought that the sheer number of 365 gave him (her?) safety from anyone checking the facts. The list maker says this verse is about Jesus being despised, so it "must be so!" Except it isn't. Perhaps we shouldn't blame the list maker. Take a look at the "proof" text which supposedly shows Jesus fulfilled a "prophecy" that the messiah would be despised in Zechariah 11:8. Matthew 27:20 says "the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus." The chief priests (plural?) -- there was only one כהן גדול / Kohen Gadol / chief priest at a time (not plural). The priests were primarily Sadducee (highly Hellenized and buddies with the Romans). The Sadducee (including the priests) and Pharisees hated each other -- they would not have worked together as Matthew (and later Luke) state. Just the day before crowds supposedly loved Jesus, "The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” Matthew 21:9. So these people went from loving him to despising him simply because some people tried to persuade them to destroy him? Seems highly unlikely! But -- even if this were true and all the people suddenly despised Jesus (even though his followers started a religion around him, hmmm -- slight contradiction?) -- even if it were true SO WHAT? Lots of people are despised. Being despised does not qualify a person to be the messiah! There is no prophecy that the messiah will be despised. None. The passage in Zechariah 11:8 is about three rulers, not the messiah. The theme of the chapter in Z'charyah / Zechariah 11 is G-d giving His reasons for exiling the Jewish people to Babylonian Exile for 70 years. G-d is stating that He has ruled the Jews (as a shepherd watches over His flock) with kindness and with punishment. The Jews (as a whole, not all the Jews) have rejected Him and so He is "fed up." The Jews would be punished -- exiled to Babylon for 70 years. After that time G-d will return them to the land of Israel for the sake of 30 righteous Jews (likened to 30 pieces of silver). G-d said He would put these righteous 30 men “in the treasury." In other words, G-d would preserve them throughout the seventy years of exile until the Temple is rebuilt. A "prophecy" built out of thin air. It simply does not exist.
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