Donkeys

In the Urantia Book

Joseph, Jesus' father, owned a donkey (125:3.2)

Mary rode to Bethlehem on the donkey (122:7.4,7)

• Greeks and Romans looked down upon riders of an ass or the colt of an ass 172:5.12
• Jesus would not enter Jerusalem as a man on horseback, but he was willing to enter peacefully and with good will as the Son of Man on a donkey. 172:3.4-5

Kings on mission of peace rode upon a donkey (172:5.5,8)

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Planning entry into Jerusalem 172:3.4 — Mt 21:4-5; Jn 12:14b-15.
• Enter on colt 172:3.4 — Zec 9:9.