John 12:15
“Do not fear, daughter of Zion; see, your King is coming, sitting on the colt of a donkey.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.
In Context
14Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it was written,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:16But he must not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt so that he may multiply horses, for Yahweh had said to you, 'You will never return that way again.'
Judges 12:14He had forty sons and thirty grandsons. They rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel for eight years.
2 Samuel 16:2The king said to Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and fig cakes are for your men to eat, and the wine is for anyone who is faint in the wilderness to drink.”
Isaiah 35:4Say to those with a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! 1 Look, your God will come with vengeance, 1 with the recompense of God. He will come and save you.” 1
Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, Jacob you worm, and you men of Israel; 1 I will help you—this is Yahweh's declaration, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 1
Micah 4:8As for you, watchtower for the flock, 1 hill of the daughter of Zion— 1 to you it will come, your former dominion will be restored, 1 the kingdom that belongs to the daughter of Jerusalem. 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 →