John 12:15

Do 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

In Context

14And he found an ayir (young donkey), and he sat on it, just as it has been written,

16Regarding these things his talmidim did not have binah in the beginning but when he received kavod, then they remembered that these things had been written with respect to him and that they did these things to him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:16But he shall not multiply susim to himself, nor cause the people to return to Mitzrayim, to the end that he should multiply the sus; forasmuch as Hashem hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Judges 12:14And he had arba'im banim and thirty grandsons, that rode on threescore and ten donkeys; and he judged Yisroel shmoneh shanim.

2 Samuel 16:2And HaMelech said unto Tziva, What meanest thou by these? And Tziva said, The chamorim are for the Bais HaMelech to ride on; and the lechem and kayitz for the ne'arim to eat; and the yayin, that such as be faint in the midbar may drink.

Isaiah 35:4Say to them that are of a fearful lev, 1 Be strong, fear not; 1 hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) will come with nakam (vengeance), 1 with Elohim gemul (divine retribution) 1 He will come and save you. 1

Isaiah 41:14Fear not, thou tola'at (worm) Ya'akov, and ye men of Yisroel; 1 I will help thee, saith Hashem, 1 and thy Go'el (Redeemer), the Kadosh Yisroel. 1

Micah 4:8And thou, O migdal eder (tower of the flock), hill of Bat Tziyon, 1 unto thee shall it come, 1 even the hammemshalah harishonah (former dominion); 1 the mamlachah (kingdom) shall come to Bat Yerushalayim. 1

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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