Matthew 21:5
“Tell the daughter of Zion, 1 'See, your King is coming to you, 1 Humble and riding on a donkey— 1 on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'”
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4Now this came about that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled. He said, 1
6Then the disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, 1 nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, 1 until Shiloh comes. The nations will obey him. 1
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.
1 Kings 1:33The king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your master, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
Psalms 2:6“I myself have anointed my king 1 on Zion, my holy mountain.” 1
Psalms 45:1My heart overflows on a good subject; 1 I will read aloud the words I have composed about the king; 1 my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 1
Matthew Henry on Matthew 21:2-12
Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem. 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,… Read the whole commentary →