Matthew 21:5
Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
4Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
6And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.
Deuteronomy 17:16And when he is made king, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people into Egypt, being lifted up with the number of his horsemen, especially since the Lord hath commanded you to return no more the same way.
Judges 12:14And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged Israel eight years:
1 Kings 1:33He said to them: Take with you the servants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon my mule: and bring him to Gihon:
Psalms 2:6But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
Psalms 45:1Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:2-12
Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem. 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,… Read the whole commentary →