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MATTHEW 21:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 21:6Matt 21:8
“And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.”
They brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. The disciples put their cloaks on the animals — the same gesture that will mark the crowd's reception in the following verse — and Jesus sits on them (on the cloaks placed on the animals). The cloaks-on-the-animals gesture parallels the anointing of Jehu as king in 2 Kings 9:13, where the people spread their cloaks under him.

Church Fathers on Matthew 21:7

The Evangelist related above that the Lord departed from Galilee, and began to go up to Jerusalem. Being now occupied with telling what He did by the way, he proceeds in his purpose, saying, 'And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage.' Bethphage was a small village of the priests, situated on the declivity of Mount Olivet, one mile distant from Jerusalem. For the priests who ministered in the temple their apportioned time, when their office of…

Remigius · 9th century

Whence Bethphage is interpreted, The house of the Shoulder; for the shoulder was the priest’s portion in the Law. It follows, 'Then Jesus sent two of his disciples.'

Origen · 3rd century

He said not to His disciples, Say, Thy Lord, or Your Lord, hath need of them; that they may understand, that He is Lord alone, not of the beasts only, but of all men; for even sinners are by the law of nature His, though by their own will they are the Devil’s.

Pseudo-Chrysostom · 5th century
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