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The Name of The Messiah

11 "Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
12 and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of the LORD;
13 even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."'..."
Zekharyah / Zechariah 6:11-13

The phrase 'Behold, the man whose name is the Branch', v. 12, is referring to Joshua, v. 11, - the Hebrew equivalent for the Aramaic Y'shua (see The Original Personal Name Of Messiah [click back button to return here]). Simply put, it means that the 'Branch' (Messiah) to come will have the same name as the aforementioned High Priest - Joshua (or Yeshua [Jesus]).
The term 'the Branch', as used in Zekharyah / Zechariah 6:12 above, is a recognized title for the Messiah in Jewish literature (the Targum, the Jerusalem Talmud, the Pirqé de R. Eliez. c. 48, the Midrashim and more recently in a Hebrew language publication: THE NEW BIBLE DICTIONARY. Dr. Zvi Raday & Prof. Chaim Rabin. Yavneh Publishing House Ltd. and Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem Ltd. - under the entry for Tzemach). Compare also Yesha`yahu / Isaiah 4:2; 11:1-5; Yirmeyahu / Jeremiah 23:5-6; 33:15-16; Zekharyah / Zechariah 3:8.

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