The triumphal ride of Christ into Jerusalem was the dim foreshadowing of His coming in the clouds of heaven with power and glory, amid the triumph of angels and the rejoicing of the saints. Then will be fulfilled the words of Christ to the priests and Pharisees: "Ye shall not see Me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord." Matt. 23:39. In prophetic vision Zechariah was shown that day of final triumph; and he beheld also the doom of those who at the first advent had rejected Christ: "They shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born." Zech. 12:10. This scene Christ foresaw when He beheld the city and wept over it. In the temporal ruin of Jerusalem He saw the final destruction of that people who were guilty of the blood of the Son of God.

Dette kapitel er bygget op over Mark 11,11-14.20.21; Matt 21,17-19
Kristi indtog i Jerusalem var en svag bebudelse af hans komme i himmelens skyer med kraft og herlighed, blandt jublende engle og de saliges fryd. Så skal Kristi ord til præsterne og farisæerne opfyldes: "Fra nu af skal I ikke se mig, før den tid kommer, da I siger: Velsignet være den, som kommer, i Herrens navn." Matt. 23,39. I et profetisk syn blev der vist Zakarias denne sidste sejrrige dag; og han så også deres dom, som ved Kristi første komme havde forkastet ham. "De ser hen til ham, de har gennemstunget, og sørger over ham, som man sørger over en enbåren søn, og holder klage over ham, som man holder klage over den førstefødte." Zak. 12,10. Dette forudså Kristus, da han betragtede byen og græd over den. I Jerusalems timelige ødelæggelse så han den endelige tilintetgørelse af det folk, som var skyldige i Guds Søns blod.