Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Matthew 21:7
They set him thereon — i.e., on the garments which served as a saddle. Our Lord rode on the colt, and the ass followed, or went along by His side. St. Mark and St. Luke mention the colt only.
They set him thereon — i.e., on the garments which served as a saddle. Our Lord rode on the colt, and the ass followed, or went along by His side. St. Mark and St. Luke mention the colt only.
Verse Matthew 21:7. _AND PUT ON THEM THEIR CLOTHES_] Thus acknowledging him to be their _king_, for this was a _custom_ observed by the people when they found that God had appointed a man to the king...
AND PUT ON THEM THEIR CLOTHES - This was done as a token of respect, 2 Kings 9:13....
9. THE KING ENTERS INTO JERUSALEM. The Parables of the Two Sons and the Householder and His Vineyard. CHAPTER 21 1. The King Enters Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:1 .) 2. The Second Cleansing of the Temple...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (Mark 11:1 *, Luke 19:23; John 12:12). Mt. curiously misrepresents the poetic description of one animal in Zechariah 9:9 by making J
When they had come near to Jerusalem, and when they had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent on two disciples ahead. "Go into the village which is facing you," he said, "and imme...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
BROUGHT. led. PUT ON... CLOTHES. Compare 2 Kings 9:13 (a mark of respect). CLOTHES. outer garments. THEY SET HIM. "He took His seat", Greek. _epikathizo._ Occurs only here. THEREON. upon them: i.e...
_Nisan_9 (_Palm Sunday_). Ch. Matthew 21:1-10. The Royal Entry into Jerusalem Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 1
_put on them their clothes_ Their upper garments, the _abbas_of modern Arabs. Cp. with this the throne extemporised for Jehu, 2 Kings 9:13....
THE ROYAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 12:12-19. St Luke alone places here the incident of Christ weeping over Jerusalem ...
ΤᾺ ἹΜΆΤΙΑ. Their upper garments, the _abbas_ of modern Arabs. Cp. with this the throne extemporised for Jehu, 2 Kings 9:13....
l. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2. Saying unto them, "Go into the village over against you, and straight...
_WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM AND CLEANSED THE TEMPLE MATTHEW 21:1-17:_ One of the great statements from this section concerned the donkey and colt, "The Lord has need of them." Yo...
ΉΓΑΓΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 21:2. ΈΠΈΘΗΚΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G2007) возлагать. ΈΠΕΚΆΘΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΚΑΘΊΖΩ (G1940) усаживаться, ΈΠΆΝΩ (G1831) с _gen._ поверх, на....
AND BROUGHT THE ASS— The exact knowledge which our Lord shewed of so many minute and most fortuitous particulars, must surely impress the minds of these messengers greatly, and establish the faith of...
Section 54 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM IN MESSIANIC TRIUMPH (Parallels: Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19) TEXT 21:1-11 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto th...
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, For the exposition of this majestic scene-recorded, as will be seen, by...
20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's wri...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels'). Sabbath, Nisan 8...
AND PUT ON THEM THEIR CLOTHES] either because they were uncertain which one He intended to mount, or in order gaily to caparison both animals for the procession. Eastern garments are brightly coloured...
SOLEMN ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12). More than a third of the entire Gospel narrative is occupied with the last week of Christ's life, commonly called Holy Week. The cause...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM 21:1-11 V1 As they came nearer to Jerusalem, they reached the town called Bethphage. It was on the Mount o...
τὴν ὄνον καὶ τὸν πῶλον : that both were brought is carefully specified in view of the prophetic oracle as understood by the evangelist to refer to two animals, not to one under two parallel names. ἐπέ...
_The entry_ (Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44)....
THE GREAT HEALER AND THE LOWLY KING Matthew 20:29-34; Matthew 21:1-7 The Lord is always saying: _What will ye that I shall do?_ Let us not ask small things. We honor Him by making great demands. Our...
In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He revea...
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their (c) clothes, and they set [him] (d) thereon. (c) Their uppermost garment. (d) Upon their garments, not upon the ass and the colt....
Sit thereon. St. Jerome reprobates the opinion of those who suppose that Christ rode upon both the ass and the colt, though without sufficient reason. The Greek indeed, epano auton, upon them, may be...
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY John 12:12-19; Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-17; Luke 19:29-44;...
"And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, (7) And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. (8) And a very great multitude spread their ga...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
Afterwards (chapter 21), disposing of all that belonged to His willing people, He makes His entry into Jerusalem as King and Lord, according to the testimony of Zechariah. But although entering as Kin...
AND BROUGHT THE ASS AND THE COLT,.... To Jesus, as Mark and Luke add, and who only make mention of the colt: both were undoubtedly brought; the colt being unloosed and taken away, the ass, its dam, fo...
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set _him_ thereon. Ver. 7. _And put on them their clothes_] Teaching us to honour God with the best of our substance, and to...
_The disciples went, &c._ (_and found even as he had said unto them_, Luke,) found his prediction exactly true. And how convincing must this have been of the divine mission of Jesus, not only to the t...
AND BROUGHT THE ASS AND THE COLT, AND PUT ON THEM THEIR CLOTHES, AND THEY SET HIM THEREON....
The triumphant entry:...
It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples ar...
1-11 This coming of Christ was described by the prophet Zechariah, Zechariah 9:9. When Christ would appear in his glory, it is in his meekness, not in his majesty, in mercy to work salvation. As meek...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 21:9"....
Matthew 21:7 brought G71 (G5627) donkey G3688 and G2532 colt G4454 G2532 laid G2007 (G5656) their...
‘And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them, and they brought the ass, and the colt, and spread their robes on them on them, and he sat on them.' The disciples then went and did prec...
JESUS PREPARES FOR HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM (21:1-7). An essential part of any coronation among the Jews was an ass on which the King would ride to the crowning ceremony. This tradition comm...
The date of the public entry into Jerusalem (narrated by all four Evangelists) was _Sunday, the_ _10th of the month Nisan._ We hold that our Lord ate the Passover at the usual time (see on chap. Matth...
Matthew 21:7. PUT ON THEM THEIR GARMENTS. Upper garments, to serve as a saddle. AND HE SAT THEREON, lit., ‘on them,' the animals, not the clothes. He rode on the colt (Mark and Luke), but the plural...
AND HE SAT THEREON (κα επεκαθισεν επανω αυτων), Mark (Mark 11:7) and Luke (Luke 19:35) show that Jesus rode the colt. Matthew does not contradict that, referring to the garments (τα ιματια) put on t...
CONTENTS: The triumphant entry. Jesus' second purification of the temple. Barren fig tree cursed. Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Parable of the house-holder dema...
Matthew 21:1. _When they were come to Bethphage._ The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of grossiti...
THIS HAPPENED TO MAKE COME TRUE. The prophecy of Isaiah 62:11 and Zechariah 9:9. Both the donkey and the colt were brought, but John 12:15 speaks of Jesus riding only the young colt. Only animals that...
_And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Beth-phage._ SIXTH SUNDAY IN LENT I. It presents an illustration of the relation of Christ to the religious feeling of mankind. We are relig...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:1 The Messiah Asserts His Authority over Jerusalem. Jesus’ authority over Jerusalem is revealed in his triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1), action
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:6 THE DONKEY AND THE COLT. Matthew alone mentions two animals. Having the mother donkey move alongside her colt would be the best way to calm it during the noisy entrance in...
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey Matthew 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-38; John 12:12-15;...
1-46 CHAPTER 21 _And when they were come nigh_, &c. Mark has (Mark 11:1), "And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, He sendeth forth two of His discip...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ We now enter upon the crowded and peculiarly solemn events of the great week of our Saviour’s career, His last week—the passion week (_Morison_). Matthew 21:1. JERUSALEM.—The Jerusal...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 21:1 _Triumphal entry into Jerusalem_. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12.)...
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, they were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, and then Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately...
2 Kings 9:13; Luke 19:32; Mark 11:4...
Set him thereon. But the preferable reading is ejpekaqisen, he took his seat upon. A very great multitude [ο π λ ε ι σ τ ο ς ο χ λ ο ς]. The A. V. is wrong. The reference is not to the size, but to t...
They set him thereon — That is, on the clothes....