And He said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and as soon as you enter there, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has yet sat. Untie it and bring it.”
The Lord’s word shows His divine knowledge. He tells in detail what the disciples are to find, and it happens just as He says. The tied colt, on which no one had sat, corresponds to the meaning of holy use: it had been set apart for the King’s entrance. Christ chooses not a warhorse but a humble colt, so that His entrance might reveal not a worldly rule, but the kingdom of peace and meekness. This image directly recalls the prophetic word that the King of Zion comes humble, seated on a colt (Zechariah 9:9). The Lord shows that His kingdom is established not by violence but by meekness, not by human glory but by the doing of God’s will.