Colt
Jesus sends two disciples ahead with plain directions: find a young donkey tied up, one “whereon never man sat,” and bring it (Mark 11:2). The five verses gathered here all belong to that one errand, told in Matthew, Mark and John. Matthew and John point back to the prophet’s picture of a king who comes “meek, and sitting upon an ass.” The scene is quiet and unhurried. A king arrives, but on a borrowed animal rather than a war horse. Reading Matthew 21:1-11 shows the whole entrance into Jerusalem, crowds and all.
5 verses
Matthew
Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.
Mark
And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
John
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.