Jesus Rides a Donkey in the Triumphal EntryBible World
11:6Mark 11:6
And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
The disciples answered those who challenged them for loosing the colt exactly as Jesus had told them, and they were then allowed to take it so His preparations went forward. When they said the Lord had need of it the request was readily granted, yet He was depending on a stranger's kindness for the animal on which He would enter as King. Finding all things just as He had told them revealed His foreknowledge, with their obedience carrying out the entry He had planned. The animal thus secured was a colt, the foal of an ass on which no man had ever sat, in fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 that the King would come to Zion lowly and riding upon an ass.
Securing the Colt
The disciples answered those who questioned them about loosing the colt exactly as Jesus had commanded, and upon that answer the questioners let them go with it, so that His preparations for the entry were carried out. Their experience fulfilled His specific directions step by step. When they said the Lord had need of the animals, the request was readily granted. That ready granting showed His detailed directions fulfilled, and that He who entered Jerusalem as King depended on a stranger's kindness for the animal He rode. Finding events unfolding just as He had told them displayed His foreknowledge, with their obedience enabling the planned entry.
The animal He had selected for His own use was a colt, the foal of an ass, upon which no man had ever sat. The disciples obtained that chosen colt and brought it for Him to ride into Jerusalem. In glad enthusiasm they spread their garments upon it and placed Him upon it. As soon as He was seated the multitude hailed Him as Messiah their King with shouts of triumph and hosannas, homage He now accepted though He had never before permitted it.
This took place on the first day of the week as He resumed the short journey to Jerusalem for the Passover feast. Multitudes gathered for the feast accompanied Him, with those who had flocked to Bethany to see Him joined by other companies on their way to keep the feast, amid trees clothed in verdure and blossoms filling the air with fragrance. Though the distance was short and He had always chosen to travel on foot, He sent two of His disciples to bring the colt that He might ride. His choice to ride puzzled the disciples, yet it brightened their hearts with the joyous hope that He was about to enter the capital to proclaim Himself King of the Jews and assert His royal power. While on their errand the disciples communicated their glowing anticipations to His friends, and the excitement spread far and near and raised the expectations of the people to the highest pitch.
Entering Jerusalem as King
The securing of the colt belongs to the fulfillment of the prophecy given five hundred years before His birth that the King would come to Zion and Jerusalem, just and having salvation, lowly and riding upon an ass and upon a colt the foal of an ass, as stated in Zechariah 9:9. Riding that colt into the city followed the Jewish custom for a royal entry on the animal ridden by the kings of Israel, marking the moment when He who had long refused royal honors came as the promised heir to David's throne. As soon as He was seated on the colt, with the disciples spreading their garments upon it in glad enthusiasm, He accepted homage as Messiah and King, which He had never before permitted.
His triumphal procession was unlike those of earthly conquerors, with no train of mourning captives but the trophies of His labors of love around Him. Lazarus, restored from corruption in the grave to full strength of glorious manhood, guided the beast, while the blind He restored shouted hosannas, the dumb whose tongues He loosed shouted loudest, the healed cripples broke and waved palm branches, widows and orphans exalted Him, cleansed lepers spread garments and hailed Him as King of Glory, and those awakened from death praised God. The people gave Him the worship of happy hearts, spreading garments in the path, strewing olive and palm branches, waving palm boughs aloft as nature's emblem of victory, kneeling and bowing, and shouting triumph and hosannas along the rocky path toward the city framed by palms, hills, and buildings.
The multitude welcomed Him as King expecting emancipation and an earthly, independent kingdom, but those hopes gave way to grief when He was crucified, and revived when He rose. The entry drew a large and enthusiastic multitude in the wake of the miracle of raising Lazarus. Together with the temple cleansing and the barren fig tree, the entrance pointed to Jerusalem's coming doom.
The disciples answered those who challenged them for loosing the colt exactly as Jesus had told them, and they were then allowed to take it so His preparations went forward. When they said the Lord had need of it the request was readily granted, yet He was depending on a stranger's kindness for the animal on which He would enter as King. Finding all things just as He had told them revealed His foreknowledge, with their obedience carrying out the entry He had planned. The animal thus secured was a colt, the foal of an ass on which no man had ever sat, in fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 that the King would come to Zion lowly and riding upon an ass.
Securing the Colt
The disciples answered those who questioned them about loosing the colt exactly as Jesus had commanded, and upon that answer the questioners let them go with it, so that His preparations for the entry were carried out. Their experience fulfilled His specific directions step by step. When they said the Lord had need of the animals, the request was readily granted. That ready granting showed His detailed directions fulfilled, and that He who entered Jerusalem as King depended on a stranger's kindness for the animal He rode. Finding events unfolding just as He had told them displayed His foreknowledge, with their obedience enabling the planned entry.
The animal He had selected for His own use was a colt, the foal of an ass, upon which no man had ever sat. The disciples obtained that chosen colt and brought it for Him to ride into Jerusalem. In glad enthusiasm they spread their garments upon it and placed Him upon it. As soon as He was seated the multitude hailed Him as Messiah their King with shouts of triumph and hosannas, homage He now accepted though He had never before permitted it.
This took place on the first day of the week as He resumed the short journey to Jerusalem for the Passover feast. Multitudes gathered for the feast accompanied Him, with those who had flocked to Bethany to see Him joined by other companies on their way to keep the feast, amid trees clothed in verdure and blossoms filling the air with fragrance. Though the distance was short and He had always chosen to travel on foot, He sent two of His disciples to bring the colt that He might ride. His choice to ride puzzled the disciples, yet it brightened their hearts with the joyous hope that He was about to enter the capital to proclaim Himself King of the Jews and assert His royal power. While on their errand the disciples communicated their glowing anticipations to His friends, and the excitement spread far and near and raised the expectations of the people to the highest pitch.
Entering Jerusalem as King
The securing of the colt belongs to the fulfillment of the prophecy given five hundred years before His birth that the King would come to Zion and Jerusalem, just and having salvation, lowly and riding upon an ass and upon a colt the foal of an ass, as stated in Zechariah 9:9. Riding that colt into the city followed the Jewish custom for a royal entry on the animal ridden by the kings of Israel, marking the moment when He who had long refused royal honors came as the promised heir to David's throne. As soon as He was seated on the colt, with the disciples spreading their garments upon it in glad enthusiasm, He accepted homage as Messiah and King, which He had never before permitted.
His triumphal procession was unlike those of earthly conquerors, with no train of mourning captives but the trophies of His labors of love around Him. Lazarus, restored from corruption in the grave to full strength of glorious manhood, guided the beast, while the blind He restored shouted hosannas, the dumb whose tongues He loosed shouted loudest, the healed cripples broke and waved palm branches, widows and orphans exalted Him, cleansed lepers spread garments and hailed Him as King of Glory, and those awakened from death praised God. The people gave Him the worship of happy hearts, spreading garments in the path, strewing olive and palm branches, waving palm boughs aloft as nature's emblem of victory, kneeling and bowing, and shouting triumph and hosannas along the rocky path toward the city framed by palms, hills, and buildings.
The multitude welcomed Him as King expecting emancipation and an earthly, independent kingdom, but those hopes gave way to grief when He was crucified, and revived when He rose. The entry drew a large and enthusiastic multitude in the wake of the miracle of raising Lazarus. Together with the temple cleansing and the barren fig tree, the entrance pointed to Jerusalem's coming doom.