John 12:14
New International Version
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:

New Living Translation
Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, fulfilling the prophecy that said:

English Standard Version
And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

Berean Standard Bible
Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

Berean Literal Bible
Now Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat upon it, as it is written:

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

New King James Version
Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

New American Standard Bible
Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

NASB 1995
Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

NASB 1977
And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

Amplified Bible
And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; just as it is written [in Scripture],

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written:

American Standard Version
And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But Yeshua found a donkey and sat down upon it just as it is written:

Contemporary English Version
Jesus found a donkey and rode on it, just as the Scriptures say,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus found a young ass, and sat upon it, as it is written:

English Revised Version
And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus obtained a donkey and sat on it, as Scripture says:

Good News Translation
Jesus found a donkey and rode on it, just as the scripture says,

International Standard Version
Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:

Literal Standard Version
and Jesus having found a young donkey sat on it, according as it is written,

Majority Standard Bible
Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

New American Bible
Jesus found an ass and sat upon it, as is written:

NET Bible
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

New Revised Standard Version
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:

New Heart English Bible
And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

Weymouth New Testament
And Jesus, having procured a young ass, sat upon it, just as the Scripture says,

World English Bible
Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written,

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Context
The Triumphal Entry
13They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!” 14 Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written: 15“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”…

Cross References
John 12:13
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: "Hosanna!" "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!"

John 12:15
"Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey."


Treasury of Scripture

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

Jesus.

Matthew 21:1-7
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, …

Mark 11:1-7
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, …

Luke 19:29-35
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, …

as.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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John 12
1. Jesus excuses Mary anointing his feet.
9. The people flock to see Lazarus.
10. The chief priests consult to kill him.
12. Jesus rides into Jerusalem.
20. Greeks desire to see Jesus.
23. He foretells his death.
37. The people are generally blinded;
42. yet many chief rulers believe, but do not confess him;
44. therefore Jesus calls earnestly for confession of faith.














(14) And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon.--St. John simply mentions this to introduce the prophecy. The others all give the incidents in detail. "Having found," does not imply that the colt was found without the search which the other Evangelists record. (Comp. the same word in John 9:35.) It has been noted, as illustrating the fact, that the word "found" includes the sending the disciples to look for the colt, that it is the same Greek word which Archimedes used when he found the object of his search, and cried, Eureka! Eureka!

Verse 14. - And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written. The whole account of the process by which our Lord secured this ὀνάριον is described at great length by the synoptists (see Matthew 21:2; Mark 11:12; Luke 19:30). The foal implies that the animal had never borne another burden. The account of Matthew refers to the mother and the foal, as though they were inseparable, and together bore the sacred burden. Mr. Holman Hunt, in his picture of the 'Triumph of the Innocents,' has represented the beast bearing Mary and her Child as accompanied by the colt. The entire process of securing both must have taken time, and augmented the excitement. Christ at length, on the eve of his Passion which he so distinctly foreshadowed, allowed the enthusiasm of the people to prevail, and accepted the homage. The Galilee pilgrims take up the demonstration, which was commenced, as we see from John's Gospel, by "the Jews" and those Jerusalemites who had been profoundly moved by the significance of the resurrection of Lazarus. The circumstances thus elucidated from the four narratives, reveal undesigned coincidences. The entry into Jerusalem did not take place till the afternoon, and so we find that all that our Lord did on arrival was to "go to the temple, look round on all things, and, now that the even was come, to revisit Bethany with the twelve" (Mark 11:11).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Finding
Εὑρὼν (Heurōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2147: A prolonged form of a primary heuro, which heureo is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find.

a young donkey,
ὀνάριον (onarion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3678: A young ass. Neuter of a presumed derivative of onos; a little ass.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

sat
ἐκάθισεν (ekathisen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2523: Another form for kathezomai; to seat down, i.e. Set; intransitively, to sit; figuratively, to settle.

on
ἐπ’ (ep’)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

it,
αὐτό (auto)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

as
καθώς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

it is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

written:
γεγραμμένον (gegrammenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1125: A primary verb; to 'grave', especially to write; figuratively, to describe.


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