15. St. Matthew (xxi. 4) says that these things were done that prophecy might be fulfilled; that is, they were brought about by God, not by the disciples, who, as St. John tells us in the next verse, were ignorant that they were fulfilling a prophecy. The whole quotation here is substantially from Zach. ix. 9: “Rejoice greatly (‘fear not,’ of St. John) O daughter of Sion; shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy King will come to thee, the Just and Saviour: He is poor and riding upon an ass, and (even) upon a colt the foal of an ass.” 16. Haec non cognoverunt 16. These things his disciples discipuli eius primum: sed did not know at the first: but quando glorificatus est Iesus, when Jesus was glorified, then tunc recordati sunt quia haec they remembered that these erant scripta de eo, et haec things were written of him, fecerunt ei. and that they had done these things to him. 16. The disciples did not know at that time that prophecy was being fulfilled; but when the light of the Holy Ghost had flooded their souls at the first Pentecost (Acts ii. 4), then they recognised in these things the fulfilment of prophecy. 17. Testimonium ergo 17. The multitude therefore perhibebat turba quae erat cum gave testimony, which was with eo quando Lazarum vocavit de him when he called Lazarus out monumento, et suscitavit eum a of the grave, and raised him mortuis. from the dead. 17. *When he called Lazarus out of the grave.* It is doubtful, and authorities are much divided, whether the true reading here is _when_ (ὅτε), or _that_ (ὅτι). In the former reading, eye‐witnesses of the miracle now bore testimony of it; in the latter, the crowd that was now with Him having heard and believed that the miracle had been wrought, now bore witness _that_ Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead. 18. Propterea et obviam venit 18. For which reason also the ei turba, quia audierunt eum people came to meet him: fecisse hoc signum. because they heard that he had done this miracle. 18. It was on account of this miracle too that the crowd had come out to meet Him. We take “the multitude” in this verse to be the same as that referred to in the preceding (ὁ ὄχλος); and what St. John tells us is, that their coming out to meet Him, and their testimony regarding Him, both proceeded from the fact that He had raised Lazarus from the dead. 19. Pharisaei ergo dixerunt ad 19. The Pharisees therefore semetipsos: Videtis quia nihil said among themselves: Do you proficimus? ecce mundus totus see that we prevail nothing? post eum abiit. behold, the whole world is gone after him. 19. The jealousy of the Pharisees is at once aroused, and, as often happens in such circumstances, they exaggerate, saying that the whole world had gone after Him.