{Daughter of Zion} (	hugat(8872) Si(936e)). Nominative form
(instead of 	hugater) but vocative case. The quotation is from
 Zec 9:9  shortened. {Thy King cometh} (ho basileus erchetai).
Prophetic futuristic present. The ass was the animal ridden in
peace as the horse was in war ( Jud 10:4  12:14  2Sa 17:23  19:26 ). Zechariah pictures one coming in peace. So the people
here regarded Jesus as the Prince of Peace in the triumphal
entry. {Sitting on an ass's colt} (kath(886d)enos epi p(936c)on onou).
Matthew ( Mt 21:6f. ) does speak of both the ass and the colt
having garments put on them, but he does not say that Jesus "sat
upon" both animals at once, for epan(9320)aut(936e) (upon them)
probably refers to the garments, not to the colts. When John
wrote (end of the century), Jerusalem had fallen. Jesus will
lament over Jerusalem ( Lu 19:41ff. ). So "Fear not" (m(880a)phobou).