Did Matthew make Jesus ride two Donkeys at the same time ~ Cross reference of Matthew 21:1 to Zechariah 9:9
Matthew does not get Zechariah 9 right. There are several places in Tanakh where a specific fact is stated in two different ways. This is called 'Parallelism' . For example in Genesis 24;16 it says Rebecca was a virgin and she knew no man. Both these statements are saying the same thing but in parallels. Similarly in Genesis 37:24 it says Joseph's brothers threw him into an empty pit and there was no water in it. Here again both the statements mean the same thing but are repeated as parallels.f Zechariah said that the messiah will come riding on a donkey and this donkey will be be the offspring of a she-donkey. He missed this key writing style and makes Jesus get not only the mother donkey but also the colt. The disciples place their cloaks on both the animals and make Jesus sit on both of them and ride into Jerusalem. Fortunately the other gospels fix it and make Jesus ride on one donkey. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek ...