John 12:14

12:14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,

John 2:17

2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will devour me.”


sn The author does not repeat the detailed accounts of the finding of the donkey recorded in the synoptic gospels. He does, however, see the event as a fulfillment of scripture, which he indicates by quoting Zech 9:9.

tn Or “Fervent devotion to your house.”

sn A quotation from Ps 69:9.