Tell ye, &c. Quoted from Zechariah 9:9. See App-107. Compare Isaiah 62:11. App-117.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
upon. Greek. epi.
an ass. a beast of burden. Not the same word as in the preceding clause.
Related Commentaries of Matthew 21:5
Matthew 21:5
5 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.