MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 21:4 This took place to fulfill. Matthew specifies that Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem upon a colt fulfills the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9. Jesus’ action is an open declaration that he is the righteous Davidic Messiah, for the prophecy says, “your king is coming to you.” The first line of the OT quotation, however, is from Isaiah 62:11. On a colt can also be translated “and on a colt” (see esv footnote). It is an example of Hebrew poetic parallelism, where an idea is stated twice, in successive lines, with slightly different wording.

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