Passage

John 12.13

Book: John · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"11. because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 12. On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,"

"13. took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel."

"14. And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 15. Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt." (John 12:11-15, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"11. because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus. 12. On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,"

"13. they took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”"

"14. Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written, 15. “Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”" (John 12:11-15, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"11. Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. 12. On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,"

"13. Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord."

"14. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 15. Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt." (John 12:11-15, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"11. because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus. 12. On the morrow, a great multitude that came to the feast, having heard that Jesus doth come to Jerusalem,"

"13. took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, 'Hosanna, blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel;'"

"14. and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written, 15. 'Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.'" (John 12:11-15, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Pre-Pauline Creeds

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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