Matthew 21:7

Matthew's phrasing could be interpreted as implying that the disciples sat on the donkey and colt, which is nonsensical both in appearance and within the context. However it could be interpreted in this manner. Another possibility is that the disciples placed Jesus on the donkey and colt, with the object in the accusative case being implied. A comparison of Matthew and Mark unambiguously demonstrates that Matthew intended to convey that the disciples placed Jesus there. This is a common occurrence in the synoptic gospels.

Because "thereon" is plural, it can't refer to just the colt. It refers to both the ass and the colt. And it is a fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 where he is "riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."

Beza

Matthew 21:7 in Beza's 1598 New Testament Annotations

"They put, επεκαθισαν [TR Greek 3rd person plural]. Some examples [copies] read, επεκαθισεν [3rd person singular], insedit [Latin 3rd person singular of the Greek]. And others return εκαθισεν [sit down, as in Mark 11:7 3rd singular], sedit [Latin matching]. More than this, επανω αυτων [TR Greek] Vulg. [Vulgate] reads επανω αυτον [upon him] that is to say τον ιησουν [Jesus] which reading the Syrian interpreter[translation] makes, as is certainly the most simple. Frobenius struck/printed επανω αυτης [singular feminine], upon her, an ass that is. But from the other Evangelists it is clear that the Lord was carried, not by an ass, but by a colt. I therefore read αυτον in the single number, with the old interpreter, or (as the Greek codices have it) αυτων in the plural number, and I refer to the clothes on which layers he sat, or on the ass & colt, so that Matthew agrees with Zechariah. We have said a little before how it is to be understood that the Lord was carried by both, while the rest of the Evangelists did not spin the same thread." (Christopher Yetzer - Facebook)

Greek

Textus Receptus

1514 (Complutensian Polyglot)

Desiderius Erasmus

1516 (Erasmus 1st Novum Instrumentum omne)
1519 (Erasmus 2nd)
1522 (Erasmus 3rd Novum Testamentum omne)
1527 (Erasmus 4th)
1535 (Erasmus 5th)

Colinæus

1534 (Colinæus)

Stephanus (Robert Estienne)

1546 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 1st)
1549 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 2nd)
1550 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 3rd - Editio Regia)
1551 (Robert Estienne (Stephanus) 4th)

Theodore Beza

1565 (Beza 1st)
1565 (Beza Octavo 1st)
1567 (Beza Octavo 2nd)
1580 (Beza Octavo 3rd)
1582 (Beza 2nd)
1589 (Beza 3rd)
1590 (Beza Octavo 4th)

Matthew 21:7 in Beza's 1598 Greek New Testament

1598 (Beza 4th)

See Also Matthew 21:7 Beza 1598 (Beza)

1604 (Beza Octavo 5th)

Elzevir

1624 (Elzevir)
1633 (Elzevir)
1641 (Elzevir)

Scholz

1841 (Scholz)

Scrivener

1894 (? ????? ???T???)

Other Greek

1857 (Tregelles' Greek New Testament)
(Tischendorf 8th Ed.)
1881 (Westcott & Hort)
(Greek orthodox Church)

Anglo Saxon Translations

1000 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Manuscript 140, Corpus Christi College by Aelfric)

1200 (Anglo-Saxon Gospels Hatton Manuscript 38, Bodleian Library by unknown author)

English Translations

1380 (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1395 And thei brouyten an asse, and the fole, and leiden her clothis on hem, and maden hym sitte aboue. (Wyclif's Bible by John Wycliffe)
1534 and brought ye asse and the colte and put on them their clothes and set him theron. (Tyndale Bible by William Tyndale)
1535 and brought the Asse and the foale, & layed their clothes vpon them, and set him theron. (Coverdale Bible)
1539 (Great Bible First Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1540 & brought the asse, & the colte, & put on them their clothes, & sett him theron. (Great Bible Second Edition - Miles Coverdale)
1549 & brought the Asse and the colte, and put on theym theyr clothes, and set him thereon. (Matthew's Bible - John Rogers)
1557 (Geneva 1557) by William Whittingham
1560
1568 And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set hym theron. (Bishop's Bible First Edition)
1572 (Bishop's Bible)
1582 (Rheims 1582)
1587 And brought the asse and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set him thereon. (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1599 (Geneva Bible) by William Whittingham
1611 And brought the Asse, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. (King James Version)
1729 they brought the ass with the colt, threw their clothes on them, and mounted him thereon: (Mace New Testament)
1745 And brought the ass; and the colt, and put on him clothes, and he sat upon him, (Mr. Whiston's Primitive New Testament)
1762 (King James Version)
1769 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. (King James Version - Benjamin Blayney)
1770 and brought the ass and the colt, and threw their clothes over them, and set Him upon them. (Worsley Version by John Worsley)
1790 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set him thereon. (Wesley Version by John Wesley)
1795 brought the ass and her foal, and they spread over them their garments, and seated him upon them. (A Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by Thomas Haweis)
1833 And brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. (Webster Version - by Noah Webster)
1835 brought the ass and the colt, and covering them with their mantles, made him ride. (Living Oracles by Alexander Campbell)
1849 and brought the ass and the colt, and laid upon the colt their clothes, and Jeshu rode upon him. (Etheridge Translation by John Etheridge)
1850 (King James Version by Committee)
1851 (Murdock Translation)
1855 Calvin Bible by the Calvin Translation Society
1858 and brought the ass and the colt, and put garments on them, and he sat on them. (The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek by Leicester Sawyer)
1865 they led the ass and the foal, and they placed upon them the mantles of them; and they caused to sit on (one) of them. (The Emphatic Diaglott by Benjamin Wilson)
1865 brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and he sat thereon. (The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1865 by American Bible Union)
1869 and brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their garments, and he sat on them. (Noyes Translation by George Noyes)
1873 and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. (King James Version) by Frederick Scrivener)
1885 and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon. (Revised Version also called English Revised Version - Charles Ellicott editor)
1890 brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them. (Darby Version 1890 by John Darby)
1898 brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set `him' upon them; (Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young)
1901 and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their garments; and he sat thereon. (American Standard Version - Philip Schaff)
1902 and led the ass and the colt, and laid upon them their garments, and he took his seat upon them. (The Emphasised Bible Rotherham Version)
1902 led the donkey, and the colt, and put their garments on them; and He sat on them. (Translation of the New Testament from the Original Greek by William Godbey)
1904 led the ass and the colt, and put upon them their garments; and He sat thereon. (The New Testament: Revised and Translated by Adolphus Worrell)
1904 They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them. (Twentieth Century New Testament by Ernest Malan and Mary Higgs)
1911 (Syrus Scofield)
1912 they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them; (Weymouth New Testament)
1918 and brought the ass and the colt, and put their mantles on them, and he sat upon them. (The New Testament Translated from the Sinaitic Manuscript by Henry Anderson)
1923 (Edgar Goodspeed)
1982 (New King James Version) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
1984 (New International Version)(NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.®
1995 (New American Standard Bible) NASB (©1995)
1999 (American King James Version)AKJV
2000 (King James 2000 Bible©)n
2005 (Today’s New International Version)
(BBE)
2009 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)(HCSB) Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.
(21st Century King James Version) Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc.
(Common English Bible) Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible
(GOD’S WORD Translation)(GW) Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
(Contemporary English Version)(CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society
(New Living Translation)(NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007, 2013 by Tyndale House Foundation.
(Amplified Bible) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
(The Message) (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson
(New International Reader's Version) (NIRV) Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc.®.
(Wycliffe New Testament)

Foreign Language Versions

Afrikaans

1933 (Ta Biblia Ta Logia - J. D. du Toit, E. E. van Rooyen, J. D. Kestell, H. C. M. Fourie, and BB Keet
1953
1982 Paraphrase - Die Lewende Bybel, Christelike Uitgewersmaatskappy (CUM)
1982 South African Bible Society - E. P. Groenewald, A. H. van Zyl, P. A. Verhoef, J. L. Helberg, and W. Kempen
1983 © Bybelgenootskap van Suid Afrika
2001 The Nuwe Wêreld-vertaling van die Heilige Skrif is an Afrikaans translation of the 1984 English translation of the Bible by the Watchtower Society.
2002 Die Boodskap
2002 DieBybel@Kinders.co.za - Gert Prinsloo, Phil Botha, Willem Boshoff, Hennie Stander, Dirk Human, Stephan Joubert, and Jan van der Watt.
2006 The Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (literally "New Living Translation")
2008 Bybel vir Almal - South African Bible Society, Bart Oberholzer, Bernard Combrink, Hermie van Zyl, Francois Tolmie, Christo van der Merwe, Rocco Hough en Elmine Roux.
2014 Direct Translation, South African Bible Society
2014 Afrikaans Standard Version, CUM Books

1973 Amuzgo de Guerrero (AMU) Copyright © 1973, 1999 by La Liga Biblica
1999

Armenian

Arabic

1516
1591
1616
1622
1671 Biblia Arabica. de propaganda fide. Arabic and Latin Bible printed in Rome by Abraham Ecchellensis and Louis Maracci
وأتيا بالاتان والجحش ووضعا عليهما ثيابهما فجلس عليهما. (Arabic Smith & Van Dyke)
1988 Arabic Life Application Bible (ALAB) Copyright © 1988 by Biblica
2009 Arabic Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-AR) Copyright © 2009 by World Bible Translation Center

Aramaic/Syriac

ܘܐܝܬܝܘ ܠܚܡܪܐ ܘܠܥܝܠܐ ܘܤܡܘ ܥܠ ܥܝܠܐ ܢܚܬܝܗܘܢ ܘܪܟܒ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܝܫܘܥ (Aramaic Peshitta)

Basque

1571 Eta ekar citzaten astoa eta vmea, eta eçar citzaten hayén gainean bere abillamenduac, eta iar eraci ceçaten hayén gainean.

Bulgarian

1940 докараха ослицата и ослето, и намятаха на тях дрехите си; и Той възседна върху тях. (1940 Bulgarian Bible)
(Матей 21:7) докараха ослицата и ослето, и намятаха на тях дрехите си; и Той възседна върху тях. (Bulgarian Bible)

Cherokee

1860 Cherokee New Testament (CHR)

Chinese

1 (Chinese Union Version (Simplified))
1 (Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
21:7 (Chinese King James Version)

Croatian

Czech

1613

Danish

Dutch

1619

l'ânesse et l'ânon, et mirent leurs vêtements dessus; et il s'y assit. (French Darby)
1744 Et ils amenèrent l'ânesse et l'ânon, et mirent leurs vêtements dessus, et ils l'y firent asseoir. (Martin 1744)
1744 Et ils amenèrent l'ânesse et l'ânon; et ayant mis leurs vêtements dessus, ils l'y firent asseoir. (Ostervald 1744)
1864 (Augustin Crampon)
1910
2006 (King James Française)

German

1545 und brachten die Eselin und das Füllen und legten ihre Kleider darauf und setzten ihn darauf. (Luther 1545)
1871 brachten sie die Eselin und das Füllen und legten ihre Kleider auf sie, und er setzte sich auf dieselben. (Elberfelder 1871)
1912 und brachten die Eselin und das Füllen und legten ihre Kleider darauf und setzten ihn darauf. (Luther 1912)

Greek

1904 (Greek Orthodox (B. Antoniades))
Modern Greek (Trinitarian Bible Society)

1649 E menaron l’asina, ed il puledro; e misero sopra quelli le lor veste, e Gesù montò sopra il puledro. (Giovanni Diodati Bible 1649)
1927 menarono l’asina e il puledro, vi misero sopra i loro mantelli, e Gesù vi si pose a sedere. (Riveduta Bible 1927)

Japanese

1928 (Naoji Nagai)

Kabyle

Khmer

1928

Latin

et adduxerunt asinam et pullum et inposuerunt super eis vestimenta sua et eum desuper sedere fecerunt Latin Vulgate
1527 (Erasmus 1527)
1527 (Erasmus Vulgate 1527)
1565 (Beza)

Matthew 21:7 in Beza's 1598 Latin New Testament

Matthew 21:7 in Beza's 1598 Latin Vulgate New Testament

1598 (Beza)

Latvian

Maori

1833
1837
1858
1868 (Formal translation based on the Greek 'Received Text': Trinitarian Bible Society)
1833
1952

Norwegian

1930

Pidgin

1996 (Pidgin King Jems)

Portugese

Potawatomi

1833 (Potawatomi Matthew and Acts)

Romainian

1551 (Slavic-Romanian Gospel)
1561 (Coresi's Gospel)
1570 (The Braşov Psalm Book) Psalms Only
1582 (Palia from Orăştie)
1648 (The New Testament of Alba Iulia)
1688 (Biblia de la Bucureşti - Bucharest Bible)
1911 (Nitzulescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1921 (Cornilescu)
1924 (Cornilescu - British and Foreign Bible Society)
1989 (Gute Botschaft Verlag)
2010 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba româna - Textus Receptus Based)
2013 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Biblia Traducerea Fidela în limba română - based upon the Textus Receptus / King James Version)
2014 (Cornilescu 90th anniversary definitive edition - British and Foreign Bible Society)

Russian

1876 привели ослицу и молодого осла и положили на них одежды свои, и Он сел поверх их. Russian Synodal Version
Phonetically:

Sanskrit

1851

Shur

Spanish

See Also Bible translations (Spanish)

1543 (Francisco de Enzinas New Testament)
1556 (Juan Perez de Pineda New Testament and book of Psalms)
1569 (Sagradas Escrituras)
1814 Valera Revision
1817 Valera Revision
1831 Valera Revision
1858 Reina Valera
1862 Valera Revision
1865 Valera Revision (American Bible Society Revisión)
1869 Valera Revision
1909 (Reina-Valera) Antigua Spanish Bible
1960 Versión Reina-Valera (Eugene Nida )
1987 Translation from English. Publisher: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
1994 Nuevo Testamento versión Recobro
1999 Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)
2002 (1602 Purificada)
2009 Santa Biblia: Reina-Valera
1 (Reina Valera Gómez)

Swahili

Wakamleta yule punda na mtoto wake, wakatandika nguo zao juu yao na Yesu akaketi juu yake.

Swedish

1917 och ledde till honom åsninnan och fålen; och de lade sina mantlar på denne, och han satte sig därovanpå. (Swedish - Svenska 1917)

Tagalog

1905 At kanilang dinala ang babaing asno, at ang batang asno, at inilagay nila sa ibabaw ng mga ito ang kanilang mga damit; at dito siya'y sumakay. (Ang Dating Biblia 1905)

Thai

(Thai KJV)

1878 (Hindustani Roman Script)
1938 (Urdu Revised Version. British and Foreign Bible Society, 1938)
2016 (Urdu Bible)

Vietnamese

1934 Hai người dắt lừa cái và lừa con, trải áo mình trên lưng lừa, và nâng Ngài cỡi lên. (Ma-thi-ô 21:7 Vietnamese Bible) (VIET)

Welsh

1567 (William Salesbury, printed in 1567 by Humphrey Toy)
1588 (William Morgan)
1620 (William Morgan)
1824
1988 (New Welsh Bible)
2004
2011 (beibl.net 2011 by Arfon Jones)

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