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"Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion! Behold, your king is coming, seated on the foal of a donkey!"
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John 12:15 Meaning and Commentary
John 12:15
Fear not, daughter of Zion
But rejoice; see ( Zechariah 9:9 ) and (See Gill on Matthew 21:5).
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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John 12:15 In-Context
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took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and began crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord, even the king of Israel!"
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So Jesus found a young donkey [and] sat on it, just as it is written,
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"Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion! Behold, your king is coming, seated on the foal of a donkey!"
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(His disciples did not understand these [things] at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these [things] had been written about him and they did these [things] to him.)
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So the crowd who was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify.
Footnotes 1
- [a] A quotation from Zech 9:9
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