Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying the young donkey?”
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Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying the young donkey?”
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And divers of the that stode there sayde vnto the: what do ye loosinge the coolte?
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Then certaine of them, that stoode there, sayd vnto them, What doe ye loosing the colt?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 And certain of them that stood there said…
5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Ver. 5. {See Trapp on "Luk 19:33"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And certain of them that stood there,.... The Ethiopic…
And certain of them that stood there,.... The Ethiopic version reads, who walked there; who were either standing hard by, or walking about the place, being inhabitants of it; and either the owners of the colt, or their servants, or both:
said unto them, what do ye loosing the colt? What do ye mean by it? do you intend to take the colt away? what business have you with it? what right have you to do so? and what is your end in it?
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) And certain of them that stood there.—This again,…
(5) And certain of them that stood there.—This again, though perhaps implied in our Lord’s words, is not reported by St. Matthew.
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