So also in Zechariah, in the person of Jeshua, yes truly, in a name which is itself a sacrament, the veritable high priest of the Father, Christ Jesus, is by two styles of raiment marked out for two advents: he is at first clothed in filthy garments, which means the indignity of passible and mortal flesh, when also the devil stands as his adversary, the devil who put it into the heart of Judas the traitor, not to mention himself being the tempter after <Christ's> baptism: afterwards he is divested of his previous foulness, and arrayed in robe and mitre and shining crown, which means the glory and dignity of his second coming. http://www.tertullian.org/articles/evan ... k3_eng.htm
Sic et apud Zachariam in persona Iesu, immo et in ipso nominis sacramento, verus summus sacerdos patris, Christus Iesus, duplici habitu in duos adventus delineatur, primo sordidis indutus, id est carnis passibilis et mortalis indignitate, cum et diabolus adversabatur ei, auctor scilicet Iudae traditoris, ne dicam etiam post baptisma temptator, dehinc despoliatus pristinas sordes, et exornatus podere et mitra et cidari munda, id est secundi adventus gloria et honore. http://www.tertullian.org/articles/evan ... 7book3.htm
Sic et apud Zachariam in persona Iesu, immo et in ipso nominis sacramento, verus summus sacerdos patris, Christus Iesus, duplici habitu in duos adventus delineatur, primo sordidis indutus, id est carnis passibilis et mortalis indignitate, cum et diabolus adversabatur ei, auctor scilicet Iudae traditoris, ne dicam etiam post baptisma temptator, dehinc despoliatus pristinas sordes, et exornatus podere et mitra et cidari munda, id est secundi adventus gloria et honore. http://www.tertullian.org/articles/evan ... 7book3.htm
So also in Zechariah, Christ Jesus, the true High Priest of the Father, in the person of Joshua [Yeshu?], nay, in the very mystery of His name, is portrayed in a twofold dress with reference to both His advents. At first He is clad in sordid garments, that is to say, in the lowliness of suffering and mortal flesh: then the devil resisted Him, as the instigator of the traitor Judas, not to mention his tempting Him after His baptism: afterwards He was stripped of His first filthy raiment, and adorned with the priestly robe and mitre, and a pure diadem;1 in other words, with the glory and honour of His second advent. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/03123.htm
- diadem: a type of crown, specifically an ornamental cloth headband (sometimes adorned with jewels).
(The head regalia worn by Roman Emperors, from the time of Diocletian onwards, is described as a diadem in the original sources.)
The first part of the second sentence of this passage refers to Zech 3 (NIV)
1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”
Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.”
3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”
Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.”
The only reference in Zech 3 to the clothing put on Joshua is in the the next verse, v.5, -
Then I said, “Put a clean turban/mitre on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.
The rest of Zech 3 is relatively unremarkable. Chapters 4 and 5, and the first half of chapter 6, digress to other things: lampstands, two olive trees (and two olive branches, v.12, 'who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth', v.14), a flying scroll, a woman in a basket, and four chariots (each with different colored horses) representing the four spirits of heaven 'going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world', Zech 6:5 (three each said to be going north, west and south, but not east, interestingly; but I've digressed further).
Then in Zech 6
9 The word of the Lord came to me: 10 “Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua, a son of Jozadak/Jehozadak. 12 Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord. 13 It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And there/he will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two’ ..."
I would say Tertullian's reference to 'Christ Jesus, the true High Priest of the Father, in the person of Joshua' being eventually 'adorned with the priestly robe and mitre, and a pure diadem...with the glory and honour of His second advent' would be based on Zech 6:11,13.
