Ezr 6:14-15, Zec 6:12-13, Mat 16:18, Heb 12:2 | ESV | STEP | And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo . They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia ;

h[See ver. 12 above]

i Ps. 21:5; Ezek. 21:27

j Ps. 110:4; Heb. 3:1

k[Hag. 2:9]

l[ch. 10:2; John 1:42]

m Eph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14; [ch. 7:24]

o Job 38:17; Isa. 38:10

pSee ch. 11:23

r Luke 24:26; Phil. 2:8; [Isa. 53:11]

s Ps. 22:6, 7; 69:19; Isa. 53:3

t ch. 1:3

Ezra 6:14-15

14 ^aAnd the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and ^bby decree of Cyrus and ^cDarius and ^dArtaxerxes king of Persia; 15 and this house was finished on the third day of the ^emonth of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

Zechariah 6:12-13

12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is ^fthe Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ^ghe shall build the temple of the Lord. 13 ^hIt is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ⁱand shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a ^jpriest on his throne, ^kand the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’

Matthew 16:18

18 And I tell you, ^lyou are Peter, and ^mon this rock ^{▼▼The Greek words for Peter and rock sound similar} I will build my church, and ^othe gates of ^phell ^{▼▼Greek the gates of Hades} shall not prevail against it.

Hebrews 12:2

2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^rwho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^sthe shame, and ^tis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.