And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon, &c.— 'Ευρων δε. Now Jesus having found a young ass, sat, &c. For the evangelist does not mean that Jesus was saluted by the multitude from Jerusalem before he mounted; but his meaning is, that Jesus was riding when they saluted him: or, because Jesus sent for the ass, the word 'Ευρων may be translated having procured; in which sense the verb ευρισκειν is sometimes used.
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John 12:14
14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,