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 Isa 62:11;

[See comments on Matthew 21:5]; and so Nonnus paraphrases it here, "that it might be fulfilled which Esaias said".