Zechariah 9:9 (WEB)
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Catechism · 1
“Acclaimed as son of David, as the one who brings salvation (Hosanna means "Save!" or "Give salvation!"), the "King of glory" enters his City "riding on an ass".” — Catechism footnote: Ps 24:7-10; Zech 9:9.
Fathers and councils · 16
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…Scriptures do in both respects testify of Him: also, that He was a man without comeliness, and liable to suffering; that He sat upon the foal of an ass; that He received for drink, vinegar and gall; that He was despised among the people, and humbled Himself even to death and that He is the holy Lord, the…” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
Read the whole comment“…His two advents: the one, indeed, in which He became a man subject to stripes, and knowing what it is to bear infirmity, and sat upon the foal of an ass, and was a stone rejected by the builders, and was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and by the stretching forth of His hands destroyed Amalek; while He gathered…” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
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John Damascene
“Some, again, have a prophetic sense, and of these some are in the future tense: for instance, He shall come openly, and this from Zechariah, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, and this from Micah, Behold, the Lord cometh out of His place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Behold! thy King cometh unto thee, just and having salvation.” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
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Justin Martyr
“…declare, daughter of Jerusalem; behold, thy King shall come to thee, righteous, bringing salvation, meek, and lowly, riding on an ass, and the foal of an ass.’” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
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“…by envy, would not understand the things that they read; “All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet;” to wit, Zacharias. [Zech. 9:9]” — the author cites it
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John Chrysostom
“…( Ps. xxii. 30; xxx. 31 , LXX.); and, “Thy youth shall be renewed as an eagle’s” ( Ps. ciii. 5 , LXX.); and, “Shine, O Jerusalem; behold, Thy King cometh!” ( Isa. lx. 1; Zech. ix. 9 ); and, “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven.” ( Ps. xxxii. 1 , LXX.) Isaac also was a type of this Birth.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Why then saith the Prophet, “Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass”? ( Zech. ix. 9.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For the, “Rejoice, for thy King cometh unto thee meek” ( Zech. ix. 9 ), belonged to Him as fulfilling a prophecy, but the sitting upon an ass was the act of one prefiguring a future event, that He was about to have the impure race of the Gentiles subject to Him.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And while one calls on Jerusalem, saying, “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, for lo! thy King cometh to thee meek, riding upon an ass, and a young colt;”another proclaims His second coming also, saying on this wise, “The Lord, whom ye seek, will come, and who will abide the day of His coming?” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
Read the whole comment““Behold, thy King cometh to thee, meek, and riding on an ass, and a young colt;”not driving chariots, like the rest of the kings, not demanding tributes, not thrusting men off, and leading about guards, but displaying His great meekness even hereby.” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
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Jerome
“Lastly, let them take as much pleasure as they please in their Gallican “geldings;” we will be satisfied with the simple “ass” of Zechariah, loosed from its halter and made ready for the Saviour’s service, which received the Lord on its back,…” — editor's note: Jerome’s detractors suggested this word instead of the simpler “ass” in Zech. ix. 9 and Matt. xxi. 2–5. The phrase “Gallican geldings” appears to be a…
Read the whole comment“After he has described the horses, red, black, white, and grisled, and the cutting off of the chariot from Ephraim and of the horse from Jerusalem he goes on to prophesy and predict a king who shall be a poor man and who shall sit “upon a colt the foal of an ass.”” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…Himself poor, and mounting an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass: and His dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.”” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9, 10.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; tell aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh, just, meek, and bringing salvation; meek truly is He, and riding on a beast of burden, and a young colt.”” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9; Gen. xlix. 11.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“In Zechariah: “Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee: just, and having salvation; meek, sitting upon an ass that hath not been tamed.”” — editor's note: Zech. ix. 9.
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Cross-references · 20
Cited together with
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 53.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 21:2–9 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
Cited together in Letters Letter 27.
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Matthew 21:5 takes up the words of Zechariah 9:9 (19 words in common).