John 12:16
His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in scripture, and that they had done these things for him.
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In Context
15‘Fear not, people of Zion. Your king is coming to you, sitting on the foal of a donkey.’
Cross References
Mark 16:19So the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand of God.
Luke 18:34The apostles did not comprehend any of this. His meaning was unintelligible to them and they did not understand what he was saying.
Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “Foolish men, slow to accept all that the prophets have said!
John 2:22Afterward, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the passage of scripture, and the words which Jesus had spoken.
John 12:23This was his reply – “The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.
John 14:26but the helper – the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name – will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to 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 →