John 12:14

12:14 Jesus found a young donkey ¹  and sat on it, just as it is written,

John 2:17

2:17 His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal ²  for your house will devour me.” ³ 

[12:14]  ¹ 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.

[2:17]  ² tn Or “Fervent devotion to your house.”

[2:17]  ³ sn A quotation from Ps 69:9.