John 12:15 (WEB)
“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
Fathers and councils · 21
Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Matthew quotes it as if the Prophet had expressly mentioned the she-ass; but it is not so quoted by John [marg. note: John 12:15], nor in the Church-copies of the translation in common use.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“Again, although John tells us nothing as to the way in which the Lord despatched His disciples to fetch these animals to Him, nevertheless he inserts a brief allusion to this colt, and cites also the word of the prophet which Matthew makes use of.” — editor's note: John xii. 14, 15.
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John Chrysostom
“But how, after not walking openly in Jewry, and retiring into the wilderness, doth He again enter openly?” — editor's note: Ver. 12–15. “On the next day, much people that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went…
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
The Law enjoined, that on the tenth day of the first month a lamb or a kid should be shut up in the house, and be kept to the fourteenth day of the same month, on the evening of which day it was sacrificed. In…
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See how great was the fruit of His preaching, and how large a flock of the lost sheep of the house of Israel heard the voice of their Shepherd: On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard…
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They shewed now at last that they thought Him greater than a prophet: And went forth to meet Him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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Hosanna is a simple exclamation, rather indicating some excitement of the mind, than having any particular meaning; like many interjections that we have in Latin.
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It is a compound of two words; Hosi is shortened into save; Anna a mere exclamation, complete. Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord. The name of the Lord here is the name of God the Father; though we may…
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This is what more than any thing made men believe in Christ, viz. the assurance, that He was not opposed to God, that He came from the Father. The words shew us the divinity of Christ. Hosanna is, Save us; and…
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It were a small thing to the King eternal to be made a human king. Christ was not the King of Israel, to exact tribute, and command armies, but to direct souls, and bring them to the kingdom of heaven. For Christ…
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The Jews, when they called Him King of Israel, dreamed of an earthly king. They expected a king to arise, of more than human greatness, who would deliver them from the government of the Romans. But how did our Lord…
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John relates the matter briefly, the other Evangelists are more full. The ass, we read in them, was the foal of an ass on which no man had sat: i. e. the Gentile world, who had not received our Lord. The other ass,…
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He did this prophetically, to figure the unclean Gentiles being brought into subjection to the Gospel; and also as a fulfilment of prophecy.
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This act of our Lord’s is pointed to in the Prophets, though the malignant rulers of the Jews did not see in it any fulfilment of prophecy: As it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion, behold thy King cometh sitting…
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Or thus: Whereas they had had wicked kings, who had subjected them to wars, He saith to them, Trust Me, I am not such as they, but gentle and mild: which He shewed by the manner of His entrance. For He did not enter…
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i. e. When He shewed the power of His resurrection, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things unto Him, i. e. those things that were written of Him.
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Our Lord had not then revealed these things to them. Indeed it would have been a scandal to them had they known Him to be King at the time of His sufferings. Nor would they have understood the nature of His kingdom,…
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See then the consequences of our Lord’s passiona. It was not to no purpose that He had reserved His greatest miracle for the last. For the resurrection of Lazarus it was that made the crowd believe in Him. The people…
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The crowd was disturbed by the crowd. (Turba turbavit turbam) But why grudgeth that blind crowd, that the world should go after Him, by Whom the world was made?
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The world means here the crowd. This seems to be the speech of that part who were sound in their faith, but dared not profess it. They try to deter the rest by exposing the insuperable difficulties they would have to…
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As if they said, The more you attack Him, the more will His power and reputation increase. What use then of these attempts?
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Cross-references · 9
Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).