Mark 11:7

7 They brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on him, and Jesus sat on him.

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 of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"

6 They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.

7 They brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on him, and Jesus sat on him.

8 Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees, and spreading them on the road.

9 Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!