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Matthew 21:6-7

MATTHEW—NOTE ON Matthew 21:6 the donkey and the colt. Matthew alone mentions two animals. Having the mother donkey move alongside her colt would be the best way to calm it during the noisy entrance into Jerusalem. and he sat on them. “Them” refers to the cloaks.

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