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Commentaries on John 12:14

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

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".

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

It was a melancholy account which we had in the close of the foregoing chapter of the dishonour done to our Lord Jesus, when the scribes and Pharisees proclaimed him a traitor to their church, and put upon him all the marks of ignominy they could: but the story of this chapter balances that, by giving us an account of the honour done to the Redeemer, notwithstanding all that reproach thrown upon...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. It is strange that Christ’s own disciples did not at...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they beard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 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. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion · behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s...