This is indeed a messianic prophecy. Jesus did not fulfill it. Read Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:9: "Be exceedingly happy, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold! Your king shall come to you. He is just and victorious; a humble [man], riding on a donkey—the offspring of atonot [ female donkeys]." This one line is not the only line in the chapter. John 12:12-13 doesn't mirror Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:9. That passage simply speaks of Jesus entering Jerusalem. John 12:12-13 doesn't mention that Jesus is a king (he was not a king) or that he was riding a donkey. The list maker doesn't mention verse 14 which DOES reference both a donkey, or verse 15 which refers to Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:9. It may seem that I am "nit picking" -- but it just goes to show that missionary after missionary pastes this list all over the internet and never bothers to check if the references actually fit! If this list had been scrutinized one would think the claim would be changed to reflect John 12:14-15 and not 12-13. . . "the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the L-rd!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!” 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: 15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.” John 12:12-15. As an aside, the claim that the Jews took palm branches singing "Hosanna" at Passover is odd in the extreme. It is yet another example that whoever wrote the Christian bible was not Jewish and knew little of Jewish practices. Jews wave branches during Succot (Feast of Tabernacles), not at Passover -- the time of year the Christian bible claims Jesus came to Jerusalem. In fact, the 7th day of Sukkot is called the “Great Hosanna” or Hoshana Rabbah. Multitudes of Jews waving myrtle branches around Passover time singing Hosannas is like Christians sipping eggnog under mistletoe next to their trees on Easter. It isn't even possible that the Jews were waving palm fronds at Passover. At Passover time, there are no palm branches in the region -- it is the wrong time of year! Palm fronds are part of the Sukkot celebration. So is singing Hoshanot -- the feminine plural of הושיעה נא / hosanna. It is plural because each stanza of the prayer is accompanied by the word hosanna - a word meaning "bring us salvation please." נא / na means "please" and הושיעה / Hosa-ah is feminine for "bring us salvation." On each day of the Sukkot festival the chazan (a Jewish musician who helps lead the congregation in prayer) and congregation say the first four Hoshanot responsively, circling the bimah holding the palm fronds (לולב / lulav) and אֶתְרוֹג / etrog (Sukkot cirtrus) and recite the longer Hoshana prayer for the respective day of Sukkot being celebrated. Sukkot falls in the fall, Passover falls in the spring. . . Palm fronds and donkeys aside, Jesus was never a king -- for all that people might have shouted out in hope that he would be their king. . . Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:9 is not a "standalone" line. It is part of a chapter -- and the requirement of the person (the messiah) who will ride a donkey -- NOT two, one -- is a real king (not someone who claims to be a king). This kTing will reign in a time of peace says Z'charyah / Zechariah. "And I will cut off the chariots from Ephraim, and the horses from Jerusalem; and the bow of war shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace to the nations, and his rule shall be from the sea to the west and from the river to the ends of the earth." Z'charyah / Zechariah 9:10. The prophet Z'charyah / Zechariah does not say this king will be "beheld as a king" as the list maker states. Nope, the prophet clearly says this person IS a king -- which Jesus was not. He is saying "BEHOLD (Hey, look!) -- here IS your king!" Jesus was never a king and he had no right to be a king. The Christian bible does claim that Jesus was the "king of the Jews" -- but this is patently untrue. Jesus was never a king. Jesus did not have the right to be a king (he did not have the correct lineage). Jesus was never anointed as a king. Jesus never ruled as a king. Try it -- say "I am a ,king (or queen). It doesn't make you one, now does it? Jesus was not of the tribe of Judah. He was not a legal descendant of Kings David, or of King Solomon. The Christian bible may call him a "son of David" -- but the two conflicting lineages given are for Jesus' "non" father, Joseph. If Joseph's sperm did not impregnate Mary those lineages are worthless to Jesus. Who is a Jew" passes maternally (see D'varim / Deuteronomy 7:1–5, Vayikra / Leviticus 24:10, and Ezra 10:2–3) and lineage (tribal status) passes paternally (by the father -- assuming one first has a Jewish mother) -- and ALL of this is found in the written Torah. Sh'mot / Exodus 6:14, 6:25, B'midbar / Numbers 17:21, 34:14, 36:1, Y'hoshua / Joshua 14:1, 19:51, 21:1, 22:14, Ezra 1:5, 2:59, 2:68, 3:12, 4:2-3, 8:1, 10:16; N'ḥemyah / Nehemiah 7:61, 7:69-70, 8:13, 12:12, 12:22-23. According to the Torah, lineage/pedigree, a blood right, is passed exclusively by a biological father to his sons. Ergo the virgin birth totally disqualifies Jesus from being the messiah. The Christian bible gives two conflicting lineages for Joseph, but both disqualify him or any of his heirs from kingship. Because the two conflict missionaries will claim that Luke is actually giving Mary's lineage. "Mary" (if she even existed) was Jewish, her tribal affiliation is completely irrelevant as her offspring's tribal status would have been that of the biological father. A woman does not pass tribal status, and her status changes to that of her husband's tribe upon marriage. Many missionaries turn cartwheels trying to "prove" that Mary was born into the tribe of Judah and / or the tribe of Levi -- but her birth tribe does not matter. The moment a Jewish woman marries a Jewish man her tribe becomes his tribe. This is discussed in the Torah with Tzelafchad / Zelophehad's daughters (בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד) in Bamidbar / Numbers 36. Bottom line to this claim:
The Christian bible references -- but when one simply reads Z'charyah / Zechariah 9 and verse 9 in context of that chapter clearly Jesus did not fulfill the prophecy.
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