Matthew 21:5 meaning and explanation
“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
Matthew 21:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Matthew quotes Zechariah 9:9 as Jesus approaches Jerusalem, sending two disciples ahead to fetch a donkey and her colt. The words are addressed to the Daughter of Zion, a poetic name for Jerusalem and its people, and they announce a king who comes not in military array but gentle, mounted on a beast of burden rather than a warhorse.
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