Matthew 21:7 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 21:7

They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon.

KJV

And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

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Commentary

2 voices

Pseudo-Chrysostom

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (500)

Never before had the Lord employed the services of beasts, nor surrounded Himself with the ornaments of green boughs, till now when He is going up to Jerusalem to suffer. He moved them that beheld to do that which they had before desired to do; so it was opportunity that was now given them, not their purpose that was changed.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And put on them their clothes - Thus acknowledging him to be their king, for this was a custom observed by the people when they found that God had appointed a man to the kingdom.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἤγαγον	ēgagon	they brought	G71 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ὄνον	onon	donkey	G3688 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πῶλον	pōlon	colt	G4454 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπέθηκαν	epethēkan	put	G2007 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	upon	G1909 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἱμάτια	himatia	cloaks	G2440 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐπεκάθισεν	epekathisen	He sat	G1940 →
ἐπάνω	epanō	on	G1883 →
αὐτῶν.	autōn	them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 9:13
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
leads to
- 1 Kings 1:39
  Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- Mark 11:7–8
  Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.
- 1 Kings 1:34
  There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
- Psalms 47:5–7
  God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
- Psalms 98:6
  With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew