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15 “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion.[a]
    Behold, your King is coming,
    riding on a donkey’s colt.”

16 At first, his disciples did not understand this, but later, when Jesus had been glorified, they recalled that these things had been written about him and had happened to him.

17 Now the people who had been present when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify about this.[b]

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  1. John 12:15 Daughter of Zion: see note on Mt 21:5.
  2. John 12:17 Another reading for this verse is given in some manuscripts: “Then the crowd that was with him began to bear witness that he had called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead.”

15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
    see, your king is coming,
    seated on a donkey’s colt.”[a](A)

16 At first his disciples did not understand all this.(B) Only after Jesus was glorified(C) did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

17 Now the crowd that was with him(D) when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.

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  1. John 12:15 Zech. 9:9