Matthew Poole and continuators on Mark 11:2

2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you; and assoon as ye be entred into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sate, loose him, and bring him.

Matthew saith an Ass with a Colt. The other Evangelists speak only of the Colt. The Heathens by a Light of Nature, shewing them there was a Reverence and Honour due to the Divine Being, were wont in the use they made of Creatures for any Divine Service, to use such as they had not before used, for common uses; the Philistines, 1 Sam. 6.7. sending home the Ark, set it on a new C[illegible: 2 letters]t, and took two Milch Kine, on which there never came Yoke. But our Saviour probably made choice of such a Colt, for the further notice of the Miracle (Colts being when first Backed more unruly) or for some other wise end which we know not.

Marginal references: Mat. 21.2. Luke 19.30.