μὴ φοβοῦ. The quotation is freely made from Zechariah 9:9 : μὴ φοβοῦ is substituted for χαῖρε σφόδρα, and the whole is abbreviated. In writing ὁ βας. σου and πῶλον ὄνου the Evangelist seems to be translating direct from the Hebrew. The best editions of LXX. omit σου, and all have πῶλον νέον. Comp. John 1:29; John 6:45; John 19:37. If the writer of this Gospel knew the O.T. in Hebrew, he almost certainly was a Jew.

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