John 12:15 ““Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seate…”

John 12:15

“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

World English Bible

“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

American Standard Version

Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.

Geneva Bible 1599

Feare not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King commeth sitting on an asses colte.

Darby Translation

Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Young's Literal Translation

'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'

Bible in Basic English

Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

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Cross references

“Fear”

Isaiah 62:11 Isaiah 41:14 Zechariah 2:9–11 Isaiah 35:4 Isaiah 35:5 Isaiah 40:9

Isaiah 62:11 · BSB

Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”

Isaiah 41:14 · BSB

Do not fear, O Jacob, you worm, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Zechariah 2:9–11 · BSB

I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”

Isaiah 35:4 · BSB

Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”

Isaiah 35:5 · BSB

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.

Isaiah 40:9 · BSB

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

“sitting”

2 Samuel 16:2 Deuteronomy 17:16 Judges 5:10 Judges 12:14 1 Kings 1:33 2 Samuel 15:1

2 Samuel 16:2 · BSB

“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in…

Deuteronomy 17:16 · BSB

But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

Judges 5:10 · BSB

You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

Judges 12:14 · BSB

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

1 Kings 1:33 · BSB

“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.

2 Samuel 15:1 · BSB

Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

Also

Zechariah 9:9

Zechariah 9:9 · BSB

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

16At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

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