John 12:14

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

John 12:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:14

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass
Which he sent his disciples for, to a neighbouring village, and they brought to him:

sat thereon, as it is written;
in ( Zechariah 9:9 ) though some part of the words seems to be taken out of ( Isaiah 62:11 ) ; (See Gill on Matthew 21:5); and so Nonnus paraphrases it here, "that it might be fulfilled which Esaias said".

John 12:14 In-Context

12 On the next day, many people that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna; Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

16 These things his disciples understood not at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written concerning him, and [that] they had done these things to him.