And if any man say ought unto you, say ye, that the Lord hath need of them, and straightway [a]he will let them go.

All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,

(A)Tell ye the [b]daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of an ass used to the yoke.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:3 He that shall say anything to you, shall let them go, to wit, the ass and the colt.
  2. Matthew 21:5 The city of Zion. An Hebrew kind of speech, common in the lamentations of Jeremiah.

If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

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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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9