Βαραχίας

Βαραχίας, ου, ὁ (בֶּרֶכְיָה; also Jos., Ant. 9, 250) Barachiah, name of the father of a certain Zechariah (Gk. Zacharias), who was killed in the temple (s. Ζαχαρίας 2) Mt 23:35; Lk 11:51 v.l. Acc. to GHb 284, 150f (as ViZech [p. 96, 25 Sch.]) this Zechariah was the son of Jehoiada, not of B., and so identified w. the Zech. who was stoned to death in the temple court, 2 Ch 24:20ff. Zech., the son of Berechiah, is the well-known prophet (Zech 1:1), who seems elsewh. to have been confused w. the murdered Z. (Pesikta R. Kahana 15). If the ref. in the gospels is to a biblical pers., the Zech. of 2 Ch (the last book in the Hebrew canon; Billerb. I 943; IV 422) must be meant, in which case Mt. has classified him with the prophets (for other views, incl. the possibility of a gloss, s. comm., esp. Allen and Zahn) Since this Z. was not the last prophet or just person to be killed, some scholars hold that the allusion is to Zacharias, son of Baruch, whom the Zealots killed 67/68 A.D. (Jos., Bell. 4, 334ff). See EbNestle, ZNW 6, 1905, 198–200; Wlh., Einl. 118–23; JChapman, JTS 13, 1912, 398–410; Rtzst., Herr der Grösse 34ff; JKennard, Jr., ATR 29, ’47, 173–79.