Mark 11:7

7 So they brought the foal to Jesus, and threw their outer garments over him; and Jesus mounted.

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 when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"

6 But on their giving the answer that Jesus had bidden them give, they let them take it.

7 So they brought the foal to Jesus, and threw their outer garments over him; and Jesus mounted.

8 Then many spread their outer garments to carpet the road, and others leafy branches which they had cut down in the fields;

9 while those who led the way and those who followed kept shouting "God save Him!" Blessed be He who comes in the Lord's name.