Matthew 21:5
Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo! thy King, is coming unto thee, meek and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of a toiling ass.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6And the disciples, went, and did as Jesus directed them;
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,—Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples:
Deuteronomy 17:16Moreover he shall not multiply to himself horses, neither shall he cause the people to return to Egypt that he may multiply horses,—when, Yahweh, hath said unto you, Ye shall not again return this way any more.
Judges 12:14And so it was, he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy ass colts,—and he judged Israel eight years.
1 Kings 1:33Then said the king unto them—Take ye with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon the mule which pertaineth unto myself,—and bring him down unto Gihon;
Psalms 2:6Yet, I, have installed my king,—on Zion my holy mountain.
Psalms 45:1Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, [like] the pen of a scribe who is skilled.
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 →