KJV: Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
YLT: 'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'
Darby: Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
ASV: Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
φοβοῦ | fear |
Parse: Verb, Present Imperative Middle or Passive, 2nd Person Singular Root: φοβέομαι Sense: to put to flight by terrifying (to scare away). |
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θυγάτηρ | daughter |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: θυγάτηρ Sense: a daughter. |
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Σιών | of Zion |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: Σιών Sense: the hill on which the higher and more ancient part of Jerusalem was built. |
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ἰδοὺ | Behold |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Imperative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: ἰδού Sense: behold, see, lo. |
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Βασιλεύς | King |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: βασιλεύς Sense: leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king. |
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σου | of you |
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Singular Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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ἔρχεται | comes |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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καθήμενος | sitting |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: κάθημαι Sense: to sit down, seat one’s self. |
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πῶλον | a colt |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: πῶλος Sense: a colt, the young of a horse. |
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ὄνου | of a donkey |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὄνος Sense: an ass. |
Greek Commentary for John 12:15
Nominative form (instead of τυγατερ thugater) but vocative case. The quotation is from Zechariah 9:9 shortened. Thy King cometh Prophetic futuristic present. The ass was the animal ridden in peace as the horse was in war (Judges 10:4; Judges 12:14; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 19:26). Zechariah pictures one coming in peace. So the people here regarded Jesus as the Prince of Peace in the triumphal entry. Sitting on an ass‘s colt Matthew (Matthew 21:6.) does speak of both the ass and the colt having garments put on them, but he does not say that Jesus “sat upon” both animals at once, for επανω αυτων epanō autōn (upon them) probably refers to the garments, not to the colts. When John wrote (end of the century), Jerusalem had fallen. Jesus will lament over Jerusalem (Luke 19:41.). So “Fear not” (μη ποβου mē phobou). [source]