John 12:16
The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to Him.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
15"Fear not, Daughter of Zion! See, thy King is coming riding on an ass's colt."
Cross References
Mark 16:19So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 18:34Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.
Luke 24:25"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!
John 2:22When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.
John 12:23His answer was, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will teach you everything, and will bring to your memories all that I have said to you.
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 →