John 12:15
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Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Fear.

Isaiah 35:4,5 Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you. . . .

Isaiah 40:9,10 Get thee up upon a high mountain, thou that bringest good tidings to Sion: lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem: lift it up, fear not. Say to the cities of Juda: Behold your God: . . .

Isaiah 41:14 Fear not, thou worm of Jacob, you that are dead of Israel: I have helped thee, saith the Lord: and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 62:11 Behold the Lord hath made it to be heard in the ends of the earth, tell the daughter of Sion: Behold thy Saviour cometh: behold his reward is with him, and his work before him.

Micah 4:8 And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that had been afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Sion, from this time now and forever.

Zephaniah 3:16,17 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not: to Sion: Let not thy hands be weakened. . . .

Zechariah 2:9-11 For behold, I lift up my hand upon them, and they shall be a prey to those that served them: and you shall know that the Lord of hosts sent me. . . .

Matthew 2:2-6 Saying: Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to adore him. . . .

sitting.

Deuteronomy 17:16 And when he is made king, he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people into Egypt, being lifted up with the number of his horsemen, especially since the Lord hath commanded you to return no more the same way.

Judges 5:10 Speak, you that ride upon fair asses, and you that sit in judgment, and walk in the way.

Judges 12:14 And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged Israel eight years:

2 Samuel 15:1 Now after these things Absalom made himself chariots, and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

2 Samuel 16:2 And the king said to Siba: What mean these things? And Siba answered: The asses are for the king's household to sit on: and the loaves and the figs for thy servants to eat, and the wine to drink if any man be faint in the desert.

1 Kings 1:33 He said to them: Take with you the servants of your lord, and set my son Solomon upon my mule: and bring him to Gihon:

Context
The Triumphal Entry
14And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it, as it is written: 15Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold thy king cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 16These things his disciples did not know at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him and that they had done these things to him.…
Cross References
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Matthew 21:5
Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke.

John 12:14
And Jesus found a young ass and sat upon it, as it is written:

Lexicon
“Do not be afraid,
φοβοῦ (phobou)
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5399: From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.

O daughter
θυγάτηρ (thygatēr)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2364: Apparently a primary word; a female child, or descendant.

of Zion.
Σιών (Siōn)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4622: Zion, the hill; used for Jerusalem or heaven. Of Hebrew origin; Sion, a hill of Jerusalem; figuratively, the Church.

See,
ἰδοὺ (idou)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2400: See! Lo! Behold! Look! Second person singular imperative middle voice of eido; used as imperative lo!

your
σου (sou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

King
Βασιλεύς (Basileus)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 935: A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.

is coming,
ἔρχεται (erchetai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2064: To come, go.

seated
καθήμενος (kathēmenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2521: To sit, be seated, enthroned; I dwell, reside. From kata; and hemai; to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

the colt
πῶλον (pōlon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4454: A colt, young ass, foal. Apparently a primary word; a 'foal' or 'filly', i.e., a young ass.

of a donkey.”
ὄνου (onou)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3688: A donkey. Apparently a primary word; a donkey.


Additional Translations
“Do not be afraid, O daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”

"Fear not, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a colt of a donkey."

Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, your King comes, sitting on an ass's colt.

Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

"Fear not, Daughter of Zion! See, thy King is coming riding on an ass's colt."

"Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt."

'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'
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