John 12:15

Fear not, &c. The quotation is freely made; -fear not" is substituted for -rejoice greatly," and the whole is abbreviated, Zechariah 9:9. In adding -thy" to -king" and in writing -an ass's colt" the Evangelist seems to be translating direct from the Hebrew. The best editions of the LXX. omit -thy" and all have -a young colt" for the words here rendered -an ass's colt." Comp. John 1:29; John 6:45; John 19:37. If the writer of this Gospel knew the O.T. in the original Hebrew he almost certainly was a Jew.