John 12:15

“Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, yoʋr king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, just as it is written,

16(His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things were written about him, and that these things had been done to him.)

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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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