John 12:16
At the time, Jesus' disciples did not understand what these things meant. It was only later when he was glorified that they realized what had happened had been prophesied and applied to him.
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15“Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look, your king is coming, riding a donkey's colt.”
Cross References
Mark 16:19Then, the Lord Jesus, when he had finished speaking to them, was taken up into heaven where he sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 18:34But they didn't understand anything Jesus told them. The meaning was hidden from them and they didn't grasp what he was talking about.
Luke 24:25Jesus told them, “You're so dull! How slow you are to trust in all that the prophets said!
John 2:22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered what he said, and so they believed in Scripture and Jesus' own words.
John 12:23Jesus responded, “The time has come for the Son of man to be glorified.
John 14:26But when the Father sends the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, in my place, he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.
Matthew Henry on John 12:13-20
Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem 12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when… Read the whole commentary →