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Matthew 21:5
New English Translation
Matthew 21:5
New English Translation
5 “Tell the people of Zion,[a]
‘Look, your king is coming to you,
unassuming and seated on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[b]
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:5 tn Grk “Tell the daughter of Zion” (the phrase “daughter of Zion” is an idiom for the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “people of Zion”). The idiom “daughter of Zion” has been translated as “people of Zion” because the original idiom, while firmly embedded in the Christian tradition, is not understandable to most modern English readers.
- Matthew 21:5 tn Grk “the foal of an animal under the yoke,” i.e., a hard-working animal. This is a quotation from Zech 9:9.
Matthew 21:5
King James Version
Matthew 21:5
King James Version
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
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Matthew 21:5
English Standard Version
Matthew 21:5
English Standard Version
5 (A)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
(B)humble, and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt,[a] the foal of a beast of burden.’”
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:5 Or donkey, and on a colt
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