Holy Week: Christ Enters Jerusalem

Taylor Marshall has a great article on this Holy Week.

Christ enters Jerusalem

Why did Christ ride an ass into Jerusalem?

Prior to entering Jerusalem, Christ instructed his disciples to acquire for him an ass (in Matthew's Gospel an ass and a colt).{* see note}

Why did Jesus ride an ass? There are four reasons.

First, the prophet Zechariah wrote: "Behold, your king comes to you, triumphant and victorious. He is humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass." (Zech 9:9)