John 12:14

Simplified Cowboy Version

Jesus found an unbroke colt and rode into Jerusalem on it. This fulfilled a prophecy that said,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written:

King James Version (1611)
And Iesus, when he had found a yong asse, sate thereon, as it is written,

King James Version
And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

English Standard Version
And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

New American Standard Bible
Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

New Century Version
Jesus found a colt and sat on it. This was as the Scripture says,

Amplified Bible
And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; just as it is written [in Scripture],

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written,

Berean Standard Bible
Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

Contemporary English Version
Jesus found a donkey and rode on it, just as the Scriptures say,

Complete Jewish Bible
After finding a donkey colt, Yeshua mounted it, just as the Tanakh says —

Darby Translation
And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat upon it; as it is written,

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus found a donkey and rode on it, as the Scriptures say,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus found a yong asse, and sate thereon, as it is written,

George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus found an ass and sat on it; as it is written,

Good News Translation
Jesus found a donkey and rode on it, just as the scripture says,

Lexham English Bible
So Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

Literal Translation
And finding an ass colt, Jesus sat on it, even as it had been written,

American Standard Version
And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

Bible in Basic English
And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

International Standard Version
Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:Matthew 21:7;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And Jeshu caused to be found an ass, and sat upon him; as it is written,

Murdock Translation
And Jesus found an ass, and sat upon it; as it is written

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus got a young Asse, and sate theron, as it is written:

English Revised Version
And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

World English Bible
Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus having got a young ass,

Weymouth's New Testament
And Jesus, having procured a young ass, sat upon it, just as the Scripture says,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus foond a yonge asse, and sat on hym,

Update Bible Version
And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat thereon; as it is written,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

New English Translation
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

New King James Version
Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:

New Living Translation
Jesus found a young donkey and rode on it, fulfilling the prophecy that said:

New Life Bible
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it. The Holy Writings say,

New Revised Standard
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it; as it is written:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Jesus, finding a young ass, took his seat thereon, just as it is written -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it, as it is written:

Revised Standard Version
And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it; as it is written,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And Iesus got a yonge asse and sate thero accordinge to that which was writte:

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus gat a yonge Asse, and rode theron, As it is wrytte:

Mace New Testament (1729)
now Jesus was riding upon a young ass, which he got by the way; as it is written ,

Contextual Overview

¹²Word spread like wildfire the next day Jesus was in town. ¹³Folks gathered up palm branches to lay in the road when he arrived. They were all shouting, "Hear, hear for God! May he bless the Boss. All hail the Boss, the King of Israel." ¹⁴Jesus found an unbroke colt and rode into Jerusalem on it. This fulfilled a prophecy that said, ¹⁵"Don't be scared Jerusalem. Look, your king is coming down the road on an unbroke colt." ¹⁶His cowboys didn't see the relevance of all this, but after he had gone back to heaven, they put the pieces together, and it made sense. ¹⁷Most of the crowd had seen what Jesus did with Lazarus. They were telling everybody around about the cool things Jesus was doing. ¹⁸More and more people were signing up to ride with him. ¹⁹The Pharisees said to one another, "This is getting out of hand! Look at how everyone is flocking to him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jesus: Matthew 21:1-7, Mark 11:1-7, Luke 19:29-35

as: Zechariah 9:9

Reciprocal: Luke 19:35 - they cast

Cross-References

Matthew 5:28
But I'm tellin' you that even if you look at a girl and think about it, you've done the same thing in your heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass,.... Which he sent his disciples for, to a neighbouring village, and they brought to him:

sat thereon, as it is written; in Zechariah 9:9 though some part of the words seems to be taken out of Isaiah 62:11;

Isaiah 62:11- :; and so Nonnus paraphrases it here, "that it might be fulfilled which Esaias said".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:1-16. Also Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44.

John 12:16

Was glorified - Was raised from the dead, and had ascended to heaven.

John 12:17

Bare record - Testified that he had raised him, and, as was natural, spread the report through the city. This excited much attention, and the people came out in multitudes to meet one who had power to work such miracles.

John 12:19

Prevail nothing - All your efforts are ineffectual to stop the progress of his opinions, and to prevent the people from believing on him.

The world - As we should say, “Everybody - all the city has gone out.” The fact that he met with such success induced them to hasten their design of putting him to death, John 11:53.