Mark 11:7

7 They brought the colt to Jesus. They threw their coats over it. Then he sat on it.

Mark 11:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 11:7

And they brought the colt to Jesus
Where he was,

and cast their garments on him;
their clothes to be instead of a saddle, for Christ to sit upon:

and he sat upon him;
or "Jesus rode on him", as the Syriac version renders it. The Ethiopic version reads, "they made him to mount him"; that is, the disciples assisted him in getting upon it, and having mounted it, he sat on it without any trouble, though it had never been backed before, and rode on his way to Jerusalem; (See Gill on Matthew 21:7).

Mark 11:7 In-Context

5 Some people standing there asked, "What are you doing? Why are you untying that colt?"

6 They answered as Jesus had told them to. So the people let them go.

7 They brought the colt to Jesus. They threw their coats over it. Then he sat on it.

8 Many people spread their coats on the road. Others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

9 Those in front and those in back shouted, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!" (Psalm 118:25,26)