John 12:15

New American Bible - revised edition

“Fear no more, O daughter Zion; see, your king comes, seated upon an ass’s colt.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:1

After this, Absalom provided himself with chariots, horses, and a retinue of fifty.

2 Samuel 16:2

The king said to Ziba, “What are you doing with all this?” Ziba replied: “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on. The bread and summer fruits are for your servants to eat, and the wine to drink when they grow weary in the wilderness.”

1 Kings 1:33

he said to them: “Take with you the royal officials. Mount my son Solomon upon my own mule and escort him down to Gihon.

Isaiah 41:14

Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you maggot Israel; I will help you—oracle of the Lord; the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer.

Isaiah 62:11

The Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: Say to daughter Zion, “See, your savior comes! See, his reward is with him, his recompense before him.”

Micah 4:8

And you, O tower of the flock, hill of daughter Zion! To you it shall come: the former dominion shall be restored, the reign of daughter Jerusalem.

Zechariah 9:9

Exult greatly, O daughter Zion! Shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! Behold: your king is coming to you, a just savior is he, Humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Matthew 21:5

“Say to daughter Zion, ‘Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”

John 12:14

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

Deuteronomy 17:16

But he shall not have a great number of horses; nor shall he make his people go back again to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord said to you, Do not go back that way again.

Judges 12:14

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.

Judges 5:10

Those who ride on white donkeys, seated on saddle rugs, and those who travel the road, Sing of them