John 12:14

And he found an ayir (young donkey), and he sat on it, just as it has been written,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

In Context

13Took the branches of the temarim (palms) + 12:13 Lv 23:40 and went out to a meeting with him and were crying out: HOSHAN NAH + 12:13 Ps 118:25-26 BARUCH HABAH B'SHEM ADONOI! + 12:13 Zeph 3:15 TARGUM HASHIVIM Melech Yisroel!

15Do not fear BAT TZIYON, HINEI MALKECH YAVO LACH ROKHEV AL AYIR BEN ATONOT (Do not fear, Daughter of Zion. Look! Your King is coming, sitting on a foal of donkeys.) + 12:15 Zech 9:9; Isa 35:4; Zeph 3:14f TARGUM HASHIVIM

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Cross References

Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Bat Tziyon; 1 shout, O Bat Yerushalayim; 1 hinei, thy Melech cometh unto thee, 1 tzaddik, and having Salvation; 1 ani (lowly, meek), and riding upon a chamor, 1 even upon a colt the foal of a donkey. + 9:9 Mt 21:5; Yn 12:15 1

Mark 11:1And when they draw near to Yerushalayim at Beit-Pagey and Beit-Anyah near the Mount of Olives, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach sends two of his talmidim,

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 →

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