Matthew 21:1-7:
21:1And when they came-near into Jerusalem and went into Bethpage into the Mount of Olives then Jesus apostled two learning-disciples .2saying to them, “You must journey into the village, the (village) before you, and immediately you will find a donkey having been bound2 and a colt with her. Having loosened (them) you must lead (them) to me, .3and if-ever someone may say to you something you will say that ‘The Lord has need of them’ and immediately he will apostle them.” .4But this whole-thing came-to-pass2 in order that the-thing may be fulfilled having been said by means of the prophet saying, .5“You must say to the daughter of Sion, ‘Look!, your king comes to you, meek and having gone2 on a donkey and on a colt, son of (the) yoked (animal).‘” .6And the learning-disciples having journeyed and having done according as Jesus arranged-together with them .7led the donkey and the colt, and they put their outer-garments on (them) and he sat-down upon them.
When they came near into Jerusalem (drew close into the area of Jerusalem, not inside of that city yet) and went into the area of Bethpage into the Mount of Olives (this mountain, rising hill, was on the east side of Jerusalem) at that time Jesus apostled (sent forth on a specific assignment or mission) two learning-disciples (students) saying to them, “You must journey (pass) into the village, emphatically the village before you (down over-against you, right in-front of you, in your sight – referring to Bethpage), and immediately (straightaway and directly) you will find a donkey (ass) that has been and continues bound (fastened, tied) and a colt (her young male offspring) with her. After you have loosened (unfastened, untied) them you must lead (direct, conduct, convey) them to me, and if it should happen that someone would say to you something (about taking the two animals) you will say that ‘The Lord has need of them (you must say to them that the Master presently has a necessity, a need to use them)’ and immediately (straightway, in a direct manner) he will apostle them.”
The whole of this happened, the truth of which has not changed, for the purpose and result that the matter which had been spoken by definite words being uttered by means of the prophet would be fulfilled (filled-up, made full, accomplished). Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey with her colt was the time of the fulfillment of this prophecy. The Prophet Zechariah spoke the words that God gave him to speak regarding something still future to Zechariah (and they were also written down, see Zechariah 9:9): “You must say to the daughter of Sion, ‘Look (behold, see, pay attention to what I am saying)!, your king comes/goes to you, meek (he has a tender-receptiveness or receptivity towards God and the things of God) and going (treading being mounted) on a donkey and on a colt, son of the yoked-one (the colt originates from the one who is yoked, the donkey, the animal that is under a yoke, indicating that it is domesticated and works for its owner).‘” A yoke is a wooden/metal bar or frame by-which animals work within its limitations, like oxen are yoked when plowing a field.
After the learning-disciples journeyed and did according as Jesus arranged together with them (put/set in order in conjunction with them) they led the donkey and the colt, and they put/placed their outer-garments on the animals and Jesus sat-down upon/over the clothes on the donkey, not the colt on this occasion. These special animals would have been kept on the edge of the town ready for use by holy men who needed them for the temple in Jerusalem. We should note that in this record Jesus asked for and received two animals, not only one. Jesus is preparing for his entrance into Jerusalem being God’s appointed king declaring blessing – this is not the same as the time when he comes into Jerusalem riding on a colt being God’s appointed judge declaring judgment (which is not recorded in the Book of Matthew).
[Reference: II Kings 9:13; Isaiah 62:11; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:1. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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