Matthew 21:7

International Standard Version

They brought the donkey and the colt and put their coats on them, and he sat upon them.2 Kings 9:13;">[xr]

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They brought the donkey and its foal; then they laid their clothes on them, and he sat on them.

King James Version (1611)
And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

King James Version
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.

English Standard Version
They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.

New American Standard Bible
and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their cloaks on them; and He sat on the cloaks.

New Century Version
They brought the donkey and the colt to Jesus and laid their coats on them, and Jesus sat on them.

Amplified Bible
and they brought the donkey and the colt, and placed their coats on them; and Jesus sat on the coats.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

Legacy Standard Bible
and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their garments on them; and He sat on the garments.

Berean Standard Bible
They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

Contemporary English Version
They brought the donkey and its colt and laid some clothes on their backs. Then Jesus got on.

Complete Jewish Bible
They brought the donkey and the colt and put their robes on them, and Yeshua sat on them.

Darby Translation
brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them.

Easy-to-Read Version
They brought the mother donkey and the young donkey to him. They covered the donkeys with their coats, and Jesus sat on them.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And brought the asse and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set him thereon.

George Lamsa Translation
And they brought the ass and the colt, and they put their garments on the colt, and Jesus rode on it.

Good News Translation
they brought the donkey and the colt, threw their cloaks over them, and Jesus got on.

Lexham English Bible
and brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

Literal Translation
they led the ass and the colt. And they put on them their garments, and set Him on them.

American Standard Version
and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon.

Bible in Basic English
And got the ass and the young one, and put their clothing on them, and he took his seat on it.

Hebrew Names Version
and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.

Etheridge Translation
and brought the ass and the colt, and laid upon the colt their clothes, and Jeshu rode upon him.

Murdock Translation
And they brought the ass and the colt. And they placed their garments on the colt, and set Jesus upon it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set hym theron.

English Revised Version
and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon.

World English Bible
and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes and set him thereon:

Weymouth's New Testament
they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei brouyten an asse, and the fole, and leiden her clothis on hem, and maden hym sitte aboue.

Update Bible Version
and brought the donkey, and the colt, and put their garments on them; and he sat thereon.

Webster's Bible Translation
And brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set [him] thereon.

New English Translation
They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

New King James Version
They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him [fn] on them.

New Living Translation
They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.

New Life Bible
They brought the donkey and her young one. They put their clothes on the donkey and Jesus sat on them.

New Revised Standard
they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and led the ass and the colt, and laid upon them their garments, and he took his seat upon them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they brought the ass and the colt and laid their garments upon them and made him sit thereon.

Revised Standard Version
they brought the ass and the colt, and put their garments on them, and he sat thereon.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and brought ye asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him theron.

Young's Literal Translation
brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set [him] upon them;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and brought the Asse and the foale, & layed their clothes vpon them, and set him theron.

Mace New Testament (1729)
they brought the ass with the colt, threw their clothes on them, and mounted him thereon:

Simplified Cowboy Version
They brought out the donkey and her colt, and used their jackets as a saddle blanket for the colt and Jesus got on.

Contextual Overview

¹ When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead andZechariah 14:4; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29;">[xr] ² said to them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me. ³ If anyone says anything to you, tell him, 'The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once." ⁴ Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said, ⁵ "Tell the daughter[fn] of Zion,Isaiah 62:11; Zechariah 9:9; John 12:15;">[xr] 'Look, your king is coming to you!Isaiah 62:11">[fn] He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.'"Zechariah 9:9">[fn] ⁶ So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.Mark 11:4;">[xr] ⁷ They brought the donkey and the colt and put their coats on them, and he sat upon them.2 Kings 9:13;">[xr] ⁸ Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.Leviticus 23:40; John 12:13;">[xr] ⁹ Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting,Psalm 118:25-26; Matthew 23:39;">[xr] "HosannaPlease save or Praise.">[fn] to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"Psalm 118:25-26; Psalm 148:1">[fn] ¹⁰ When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The peopleThey">[fn] were asking, "Who is this?"Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45; John 2:13,15;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
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brought: Mark 11:4-8, Luke 19:32-35

put: 2 Kings 9:13

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 12:7 - I did so Mark 11:7 - and cast Luke 19:35 - they cast

Cross-References

Ephesians 3:10
He did thisHe did this">[fn] so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realmRomans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 2:7; Ephesians 1:21; Colossians 1:16; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Peter 1:12; 3:22;">[xr]

2 Thessalonians 1:10
when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed - including you, because you believed our testimony.Psalm 68:35; 89:7;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, followed after:

and put on them their clothes; their loose upper garments, to be instead of saddles and trappings, and that Christ might sit thereon with ease and decency: the other evangelists say, that they cast their garments on the colt; and the Syriac version here reads, "they put their garments on the colt, and Jesus rode upon it": but as both were brought, it is clear from hence, that their clothes were put upon both; not knowing which Christ would choose to ride on. And it should seem, that it was not unusual to put garments on asses to ride on; for the Targumist on Judges 5:10 represents the princes of Israel as riding upon asses, strewed or saddled with all kind

ציורין, of "painted garments". The Persic version, without the least colour of authority from the original text, renders it, "and Jesus put his own garment on the colt, and sat thereon"; which is ridiculous, as well as contrary to truth:

and they sat him thereon, or "on them": meaning either on the ass and colt, that is, on one of them, or both successively, or on the clothes they put upon them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And put on them their clothes - This was done as a token of respect, 2 Kings 9:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 kingdom. When Jehu sat with the captains of the army, and Elisha the prophet came, by the order of God, to anoint him king over Israel, as soon as he came out of the inner chamber into which the prophet had taken him to anoint him, and they knew what was done, every man took his garment, and spread it under him on the top of the steps, and blew the trumpets, saying, "Jehu is king." 2 Kings 9:13.

And they set him thereon. — Και επεκαθισεν επανω αυτων, and he sat upon them; but instead of επανω αυτων, upon THEM, the Codex Bezae, seven copies of the Itala, some copies of the Vulgate, and some others, read επ' αυτον, upon him, i.e. the colt. This is most likely to be the true reading; for we can scarcely suppose that he rode upon both by turns, - this would appear childish; or that he rode upon both at once, for this would be absurd. Some say he sat on both; for "the ass that was tied up was an emblem of the Jews bound under the yoke of the law; and the colt that had not been tied represented the Gentiles who were not under the law; and that Jesus Christ's sitting on both represented his subjecting the Jews and the Gentiles to the sway of his evangelical sceptre." He who can receive this saying, let him receive it.