“And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.”
When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it — the cloaks on the colt are the disciples' act of honor — preparing the animal as a royal mount. The sitting communicates fulfillment: Zechariah 9:9 (see, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey). Jesus has arranged the entry to fulfill the specific prophetic description of the peaceful king's arrival. The riding posture communicates the claim: this is the king, arriving as the prophets promised.
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