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A prophet had spoken a message from God about this long ago. Now it became true.

‘Say to the people in Jerusalem,

“Look, your king is coming to you.
He does not come like someone who thinks that he is important.
He is riding on a donkey.
Yes, he is riding on a young donkey.” ’[a]

So the two disciples went to the village. They did everything that Jesus had told them to do.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:5 See Zechariah 9:9

This took place to fulfill(A) what was spoken through the prophet:

“Say to Daughter Zion,
    ‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
    and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[a](B)

The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:5 Zech. 9:9