Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
John 12:15
Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:1. Also Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29. John 12:16...
CHAPTER 12 1. The Feast at Bethany. (John 12:1 .) 2. The Entrance into Jerusalem. (John 12:9 .) 3. The Inquiring Greeks and His Answer. (John 12:20 .) 4. His Final Words. ...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. If the story of Lazarus is historical it is quite probable that people in Jerusalem should come out to Bethany, to satisfy themselves as to what would happen at the Feast, and tha...
FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF SION: BEHOLD, THY KING COMETH. Each of the four evangelists goes back to the prophecy (Zechariah 9:9) as fulfilled in this remarkable event,--the only known instance in which Jes...
On the next day the great crowd that was coming to the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They kept up a shout: "Hosanna...
LOVE'S EXTRAVAGANCE (John 12:1-8)...
NOT. Greek _me._ App-105. ON. upon. Greek. _epi.App-104._...
_Fear not_, &c. The quotation is freely made; -fear not" is substituted for -rejoice greatly," and the whole is abbreviated, Zechariah 9:9. In adding -thy" to -king" and in writing -an ass's colt" the...
The Judgment of Men Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the hierarchy, Christ's triumph and the Pharisees" discomfiture,...
THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE...
THE JUDGMENT OF MEN Note the dramatic contrast between the different sections of this division; the devotion of Mary and the enmity of the priests, Christ’s triumph and the Pharisees’ discomfiture, t...
ΜῊ ΦΟΒΟΥ͂. The quotation is freely made from Zechariah 9:9 : μὴ φοβοῦ is substituted for χαῖρε σφόδρα, and the whole is abbreviated. In writing ὁ βας. ΣΟΥ and πῶλον ὌΝΟΥ the Evangelist seems to be tra...
Ver 12. On the next day many people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13. Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Bl...
_JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM FOR THE LAST PASSOVER -- JOHN 12:12-19:_ As Jesus entered Jerusalem the people took palm branches and went out to greet him. They shouted, "Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Isr...
ΦΟΒΟΫ́ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΦΟΒΈΟΜΑΙ (G5399) бояться. _Praes. imper._ призывает к прекращению текущего действия или запрещает отношение, ΠΏΛΟΣ (G4453) молодое животное, осленок, ΌΝΟΣ (G36...
THY KING COMETH _Text 12:12-19_ 12 On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 took the branches of the palm trees, and went...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 12:12-20 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The passage which is to be before us brings to our notice one of the most remark...
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 19:29....
7 While facing the terrible ordeal of death our Lord found no fellowship with His disciples in the sorrows before Him. Like Peter, they could not entertain such a thought. But it seems that Mary alone...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC MINISTRY 1-11. Supper at Bethany (see on Matthew 26:6 and Mark 14:3, which record the same incident). The event in Luke 7:36. is different. The supper was at t...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (see on Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29.) The purpose of our Lord's public entry was to testify to the nation and to mankind that He was actually the Messiah promised by the OT...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 12 MARY POURS EXPENSIVE *PERFUME OVER JESUS’ FEET 12:1-11 V1 Six (6) days before the *Passover, Jesus returned to Betha...
FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF SION. — The quotation is made freely, and in an abbreviated form. (Comp. the fuller form in Matthew 21:5, and Note upon it there.) It is in the two Hebrew Gospels only that the c...
II. _ THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM._ "On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to...
_The triumphal entry into Jerusalem_....
THE TRIBUTE OF THE MULTITUDE John 12:12-19 This multitude of enthusiastic lovers of Christ were principally from Galilee. They had already reached the city, but hearing of His approach they went fort...
The shadows of the Passion were now falling across the path of the Christ. In what happened at the supper we have a vivid contrast. Mary and Judas arrest our attention. She, discovering the sorrows of...
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY John 12:12-19; Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-17; Luke 19:29-44;...
SECOND SECTION: 12:1-36. THE LAST DAYS OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. This section includes three parts: 1. The supper of Jesus at Bethany: John 12:1 to John 11:2. His entry into Jerusalem: John 12:12 to...
“ _Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon, according as it is written_, 15. _Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, thy king cometh seated on an ass's colt._ ” The conduct of Jesus is ordered by th...
II. THE ENTRANCE INTO JERUSALEM: JOHN 12:12-19. Jesus had striven on every occasion to repress the popular manifestations in His favor (John 6:15; Luke 14:25-33;...
On the next day, much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, (13) Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
His place (chapter 12) now is with the remnant, where His heart found rest the house of Bethany. We have, in this family, a sample of the true remnant of Israel, three different cases with regard to t...
FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION,.... But rejoice; see Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 21:5....
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. Ver. 15. _Sitting upon an ass_] Not upon a stately palfrey, as an earthly potentate; but upon a silly ass, without pomp,...
_On the next day_ On Sunday; _much people that were come to the feast_ From different parts of the country, particularly from Galilee; _took branches of palm-trees_, &c. So that this multitude consist...
Christ rides into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:1-16; MARK 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44....
A SUPPER FOR HIM AT BETHANY (vs.1-8) Six days before the Passover He returned to the area of Jerusalem, coming by way of Jericho, as Luke shows us (Luke 19:1). These days He spent in ministering mai...
12-19 Christ's riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists. Many excellent things, both in the word and providence of God, disciples do not understand at their first acquaintance...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 12:12...
John 12:15 Fear G5399 (G5732) (G5737) not G3361 daughter G2364 Zion G4622 Behold G2400 (G5628) your...
JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH (JOHN 12:12). John deals with this subject very succintly. Again he knows that his readers are aware of the facts from the tradition behind the other Gospels, so he...
‘The next day a great crowd who had come to the Feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him crying, “Hosanna (save now)! Blessed is...
John 12:14-15. AND JESUS, WHEN HE HAD FOUND A YOUNG ASS, SAT THEREON: AS IT IS WRITTEN, FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF SION, BEHOLD, THY KING COMETH, SITTING ON AN ASS'S COLT. Jesus ‘found' the ass, having tak...
Jesus has been doomed to death (John 11:53; John 11:57), and the hour is at hand when He shall be seized, and the sentence executed. But the malice of man cannot interfere with the purposes of God. In...
DAUGHTER OF ZION (θυγατηρ Σιων). Nominative form (instead of θυγατερ) but vocative case. The quotation is from Zechariah 9:9 shortened.THY KING COMETH (ο βασιλευς ερχετα). Prophetic futuristic pre...
John 12:1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead._ The days Christ was to spend upon the earth were getting to...
John 12:12. On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they beard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Bl...
CONTENTS: The supper at Bethany. The triumphal entry. Jesus' answer to Greeks. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, disciples, Judas, Philip, Andrew, Isaiah, Pharisees. CONCLUSION: The most plen...
John 12:1. _Six days before the passover._ The Hebrew sabbath was kept from sunset to sunset. The worship of the day being closed, the jews indulged in a good supper after the light food of the day. T...
THE NEXT DAY. McGarvey says this would be Sunday, April 2, 30 A.D. [by the corrected calendar]. For notes on the Triumphant Entry, see Matthew 21:1-11....
_Then Jesus six days before the Passover._ --The following calendar of the Passover week is taken from Lightfoot (2.586): NISAN IX;_ The Sabbath_. Six days before the Passover, Jesus sups with Lazar...
_On the next day much people … when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of the palm trees_ THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF CHRIST INTO JERUSALEM In the morning Jesus set forth on His...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 12:15 Jesus is portrayed as the humble shepherd-king of Zechariah 9:9, who comes to the Holy City to take his rightful place. FEAR NOT may be taken from...
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey Matthew 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-38; John 12:12-15;...
1-50 CHAPTER 12 Ver. 1. _Then Jesus six days before the Passover_, &c. He came from Ephraim, as the Passover was drawing on when He was to die. And He came to Bethany to prepare Himself for it; nay m...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 12:9. MUCH PEOPLE, ETC.—Not our Lord’s enemies, but members of the pilgrim bands and friendly neighbours from the city. John 12:10. BUT THE CHIEF PRIESTS, ETC.—T...
EXPOSITION The twelfth chapter neither belongs intrinsically to that which precedes nor to that which follows. It is a paragraph of high significance, as bearing on the construction of the Gospel. It...
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead. They made him a supper; and Martha served [typical of Martha]: but Laz...
1 Kings 1:33; 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Samuel 16:2; Deuteronomy 17:16; I
Fear not — For his meekness forbids fear, as well as the end of his coming. Zechariah 9:9....