And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

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When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it.

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35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. 36 And as he rode along, they (A)spread their cloaks on the road.

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35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks(A) on the road.

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The Coming King of Zion

(A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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The Coming of Zion’s King

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!(A)
    Shout,(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,(C)
    righteous and victorious,(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,(E)
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(F)

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They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. Most of the crowd (A)spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

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They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks(A) on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

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This took place (A)to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

(B)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
    (C)humble, and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt,[a] the foal of a beast of burden.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:5 Or donkey, and on a colt

This took place to fulfill(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
    and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9

The Triumphal Entry

12 The next day (A)the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of (B)palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, (C)“Hosanna! Blessed is (D)he who comes in the name of the Lord, even (E)the King of Israel!” 14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

15 (F)“Fear not, daughter of Zion;
behold, your king is coming,
    sitting on a donkey's colt!”

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

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Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King(A)

12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches(B) and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna![a]

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b](C)

“Blessed is the king of Israel!”(D)

14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:

15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
    see, your king is coming,
    seated on a donkey’s colt.”[c](E)

16 At first his disciples did not understand all this.(F) Only after Jesus was glorified(G) did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:13 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise
  2. John 12:13 Psalm 118:25,26
  3. John 12:15 Zech. 9:9

13 Then in haste (A)every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare[a] steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, (B)“Jehu is king.”

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  1. 2 Kings 9:13 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

13 They quickly took their cloaks and spread(A) them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet(B) and shouted, “Jehu is king!”

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