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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 9, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 28.

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1255. Zacharias.
In Matt. 23:35 Zacharias, who was slain "between the temple and the altar," is said to be the son of Barachias; in 2 Chron. 24:20, 21 he is said to be the son of Jehoiada the priest. According to Zech. 1:1 and also Ezra 5:1, Zachariah the son of Barachias was of the returned Jews of the captivity. Between these dates there is a difference of about 300 years. How can this be harmonized?
Smith's Bible Dictionary suggests that "son of Barachias" crept into the original text of Matt. 23:35 from a marginal gloss, as it is not given in Luke 11:51. Schaff suggests that as the word son is used of distant as well as near ancestors, Barachias may have been the name of Jehoiada's father, and Zachariah's grandfather. So Zachariah the prophet is said to be "the son of Iddo" (Ezra 5:1) when Iddo was his grandfather (Zech. 1:1). The father of Jehoiada may have borne the name of Barachias.