太十六16 西门彼得回答说，你是基督，是活神的儿子。

　　　二一5 要对锡安的女儿说，看哪，你的王来到你这里，是温柔的，骑着驴，骑着驴驹，就是负重牲口的崽子。

　　基督是照着主的职分和使命而有的称呼。神的儿子是照着祂的身位而有的称呼。祂的身位与神的生命有关，祂的使命与神的工作有关。祂是神的儿子，作了神的基督。

　　〔在马太十六章十六节，〕基督，就是神的受膏者，指主的使命；而活神的儿子，就是三一神的第二者，指祂的身位。祂的使命是要借着祂的钉死、复活、升天和再临，完成神永远的定旨；而祂的身位是具体的表现父，并终结于那灵，使三一神得着完满的彰显（新约总论第二册，一○页）。

　　Matt. 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

　　21:5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King is coming to you, meek and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.”

　　Christ is the title of the Lord according to His office, His mission. The Son of God is His title according to His person. His person is a matter of God’s life, and His mission is a matter of God’s work. He is the Son of God to be the Christ of God.

　　In Matthew 16:16…”Christ,” the anointed One of God, refers to the Lord’s commission, whereas “the Son of the living God,” as the second of the Triune God, refers to His person. His commission is to accomplish God’s eternal purpose through His crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and second advent, whereas His person embodies the Father and issues in the Spirit for a full expression of the Triune God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 230)

　　马太二十一章五节说，王“骑着驴，骑着驴驹，就是负重牲口的崽子”来了。这表征天国的王所甘愿留于其中，谦逊卑微的情形，以呈现祂自己。主没有吩咐祂的门徒找一辆马车，只要驴和驴驹。祂甚至没有拣选骑马，却骑小驴。……驴可能是母的，驴驹可能是母驴生的。母驴和驴驹一同工作来背负王。

　　驴和驴驹在一起，给人温柔谦卑的印象。主若只骑驴，温柔的印象就不会这么显著。假定一个很小的姊妹抱着小婴孩站在我们面前，会使我们对微小有深刻的印象，因为小婴孩会加强微小的印象。主骑驴的意义不是微小，乃是温柔。属天的王不是高傲显赫地来临，乃是温和、谦卑、温柔地来临。这温柔的印象因驴驹伴着驴背负温柔的王而得着加强。主没有骄傲地骑着马进耶路撒冷。……主似乎告诉门徒：“把驴和小驴驹牵来。我要骑负重的牲口，但驴驹也必须同行，以表明我的温柔。这会帮助人看见属天的王是何等温柔。”

　　幼驴的出现证实主不愿与任何人争战或争竞。反之，祂是谦卑温柔的。我信这是主耶稣要向人传达的印象。不错，祂是属天的王，但祂无意来作与人争战或竞争的伟大君王。反之，祂来作温柔的王，不与任何人争战或争竞。

　　我们在七节看见门徒把自己的衣服搭在驴和驴驹上面，八节说，“群众多半把自己的衣服铺在路上。”衣服象征人行为的人性美德。门徒把自己的衣服搭在驴和驴驹上面，让主骑上，借以尊崇这位卑微的君王；群众也把衣服铺在路上，让主通过，借以尊崇祂。人用他们的衣服，就是用他们所有的尊崇主。不论人多贫穷，他至少有些用以遮蔽自己的衣服。我们需要用我们所是的，尊崇主这位温柔的王。不论我们的光景如何，我们都有些东西用以尊崇祂。我不信搭在驴上、铺在路上的衣服是荣美、华丽的。然而，人乃是使用他们所有的。尽管我们是有罪的、可怜的甚至是邪恶的，主却喜欢我们用我们所是的尊崇祂。甚至罪人若有心尊崇主，他们也能用他们所是的尊崇祂（马太福音生命读经，七三四至七三六页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第二十一篇；马太福音生命读经，第五十六篇。

　　Matthew 21:5 says that the King would come “mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.” This signifies the meek and lowly state in which the Lord was willing to present Himself. The Lord did not tell His disciples to get a carriage or a wagon but a donkey and a colt. He did not even choose to ride on a horse but on a little donkey…The donkey was probably the mother, and the colt was probably her offspring. Both the mother and the offspring worked together to bear the King.

　　The donkey and the colt together give us an impression of meekness and humility. If the Lord had been mounted only upon a donkey, the impression of meekness would not have been so striking. Suppose a very small sister stands before us holding a tiny baby in her arms. This would give us a deep impression of smallness, for the tiny baby would strengthen the impression of smallness. The significance of the Lord’s riding on a donkey is not smallness but meekness. The heavenly King came not with haughty splendor but with gentle, humble meekness. This impression of meekness is strengthened by the colt accompanying a donkey to bear the meek King. The Lord Jesus did not ride into Jerusalem proudly on a horse… The Lord Jesus seemed to be telling His disciples, “Take the donkey and the little colt. I will ride upon the beast of burden, but the colt must go along too in order to show My meekness. This will help the people see how meek the heavenly King is.”

　　The presence of the baby donkey testified that the Lord did not care to fight or compete with anyone. Rather, He was humble and meek. I believe that this was the impression the Lord Jesus wanted to convey to the people. Yes, He was the heavenly King, but He had no intention to come as a great King fighting or competing with others. Instead, He came as a meek King who did not fight against anyone or compete with anyone.

　　In Matthew 21:7 we see that the disciples put their garments on the donkey and the colt, and verse 8 says, “Most of the crowd spread their own garments in the road.” Garments signify the human virtues of people’s conduct. The disciples honored the lowly King by putting their garments on the donkey and colt for Him to ride on, and the crowd honored Him by spreading their garments in the road for Him to pass through. The people honored the Lord with their clothing, that is, with whatever they had. No matter how poor a man is, he at least has some clothing with which to cover himself. We need to honor the Lord, the meek King, with whatever we are. No matter what our condition may be, we have something with which to honor Him. I do not believe that the garments put on the donkey and on the road were splendid or beautiful. Nevertheless, the people used what they had. Although we are sinful, pitiful, and even evil, the Lord likes to be honored with what we are. Even sinners can honor the Lord with what they are, if they have a heart to honor Him. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 630-632)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 21; Life-study of Matthew, msg. 56