If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
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If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
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And if eny man axe you why that ye loowse him: thus saye vnto him the lorde hath nede of him.
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And if any man aske you, why ye loose him, thus shall ye say vnto him, Because the Lord hath neede of him.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to Luke 19:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 24:1 The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
- Psalms 50:10-12 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
- Mark 11:3-6 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.” They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him. Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying the young donkey?” They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
- Matthew 21:2-3 saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
- Acts 10:36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all—
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 31 And if any man ask you, Why do…
31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
Ver. 31. {See Trapp on "Mat 21:1"} {See Trapp on "Mat 21:2"} {See Trapp on "Mat 21:3"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they that were sent went their way,.... The…
And they that were sent went their way,.... The two disciples that were sent by Christ, were obedient to him, and went, as he directed them, and did as he ordered them;
and found, even as he had said unto them. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions, and so some copies, add, "the colt standing"; that is, in the place, and manner which he had described to them; See Gill on Mar 9:4.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the Lord hath need, &c.--He both knew all and…
the Lord hath need, &c.--He both knew all and had the key of the human heart. (See on Luk 19:5.) Perhaps the owner was a disciple.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 31. The Lord—The owners’ yielding to the authority of…
31. The Lord—The owners’ yielding to the authority of the Lord does not necessarily imply that they were his disciples; for, attended by the applauding multitudes, he was acknowledged Lord of the present hour. Even the Pharisees saluted him as master, Luk_19:39; with the multitudes he is king, Luk_19:38. These multitudes are called disciples in the larger sense of believers.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (31) Because the Lord hath need of him.—See Note…
(31) Because the Lord hath need of him.—See Note on Mat_21:3 as to the meaning of the word “Lord” as thus used.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And if any man ask you, Why do ye…
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. Had he not right here? surely the cattle on a thousand hills were his I St. Matthew not only mentions the colt, but also the ass. This little detail is unnoticed by St. Luke. Probably the colt, though not broken in, would go the more quietly accompanied by its mother. But the reason of St. Matthew"s special mention of the ass as well as of the colt was the reference to Gen_49:11, in which Justin Martyr, in a curious chapter of the "Dialogue with Trypho," finds a direct reference to the ass and the foal (see Justin Martyr, "Dialogue with Trypho," c. 53.).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 19:31 The Lord needs it: Subjects of a king…
19:31 The Lord needs it: Subjects of a king were expected to make resources available for his use (see 1 Sam 8:16). The donkey’s colt had never been ridden, so it was pure and suitable for a king.
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