John 12:15

“Do not be afraid, people of Zion; ¹  look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt!” ² 

De 17:16; Jud 5:10; Jud 12:14; 2Sa 15:1; 2Sa 16:2; 1Ki 1:33; Isa 35:4,5; Isa 40:9,10; Isa 41:14; Isa 62:11; Mic 4:8; Zep 3:16,17; Zec 2:9-11; Mt 2:2-6

¹ tn Grk “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion” (the phrase “daughter of Zion” is an idiom for the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “people of Zion”). The idiom “daughter of Zion” has been translated as “people of Zion” because the original idiom, while firmly embedded in the Christian tradition, is not understandable to most modern English readers.

² sn A quotation from Zech 9:9.