Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:7

7 Qiā le lü hé lü jū lái , bǎ zìjǐ de yīfu dā zaì shàngmian , Yēsū jiù qí shang .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:7 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:7

And brought the ass and the colt
To Jesus, as Mark and Luke add, and who only make mention of the colt: both were undoubtedly brought; the colt being unloosed and taken away, the ass, its dam, followed after:

and put on them their clothes;
their loose upper garments, to be instead of saddles and trappings, and that Christ might sit thereon with ease and decency: the other evangelists say, that they cast their garments on the colt; and the Syriac version here reads, "they put their garments on the colt, and Jesus rode upon it": but as both were brought, it is clear from hence, that their clothes were put upon both; not knowing which Christ would choose to ride on. And it should seem, that it was not unusual to put garments on asses to ride on; for the Targumist on ( Judges 5:10 ) represents the princes of Israel as riding upon asses, strewed or saddled with all kind (Nyrwyu) , of "painted garments". The Persic version, without the least colour of authority from the original text, renders it, "and Jesus put his own garment on the colt, and sat thereon"; which is ridiculous, as well as contrary to truth:

and they sat him thereon,
or "on them": meaning either on the ass and colt, that is, on one of them, or both successively, or on the clothes they put upon them.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:7 In-Context

5 Yào duì Xī \'ān de jūmín Yuánwén zuò nǚzi ) shuō , kàn nǎ , nǐde wáng lái dào nǐ zhèlǐ , shì wēnróu de , yòu qí zhe lü , jiù shì qí zhe lü jū zǐ .

6 Méntǔ jiù zhào Yēsū suǒ fēnfu de qù xíng ,

7 Qiā le lü hé lü jū lái , bǎ zìjǐ de yīfu dā zaì shàngmian , Yēsū jiù qí shang .

8 Zhòngrén duō bàn bǎ yīfu pū zaì lù shang . hái yǒu rén kǎn xià shùzhī lái pū zaì lù shang .

9 Qián xíng hòu suí de zhòngrén , hǎn zhe shuō , Hésǎnnà guīyú Dàwèi de zǐsūn , Hésǎnnà yuán yǒu qiú jiù de yìsi , zaì cǐ nǎi chēngsòng de huà ) fèng zhǔ míng lái de , shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de . gāo gāo zaì shang Hésǎnnà .