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Luke 19:31
31And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose [it]? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.
Luke 19:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
- New International Version (NIV)If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this: 'The Lord has need of it.'"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you loosing it?’ thus you shall say to him, ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’ ”
Context of Luke 19:31
29And it came to pass as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mountain called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 30saying, Go into the village over against [you], in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no [child] of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it [here]. And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose [it]? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it. 32And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them. 33And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt?
Read all of Luke 19Luke 19:31 word by word
καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμᾶς ἐρωτᾷ· διὰ τί λύετε; οὕτως ἐρεῖτε ὅτι ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 19:31
- Psalms 24:1The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Psalms 50:10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;
- Matthew 21:2saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose [them] and lead [them] to me.
- Mark 11:3And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord has need of it; and straightway he sends it hither.
- Acts 10:36The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ, (he is Lord of all things,)
Commentaries on Luke 19:31
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28-39Verses 28-39 See the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-40Verses 28-40 Christ has dominion over all creatures, and may use them as he pleases. He has all men's hearts both under his eye and in his hand. Christ's triumphs, and his disciples' joyful praises, vex proud Pharisees, who are enemies to him and to his kingdom. But Christ, as he despises the contempt of the proud, so he accepts the praises of the humble. Pharisees would silence the praises of Christ, but they cannot; for as God can out of stones raise up…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31The Lord needs it: Subjects of a king were expected to make resources available for his use (see 1 Samuel 8:16). The donkey's colt was pure and suitable for a king because no one had ever ridden it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3829-38. Bethphage--"house of figs," a village which with Bethany lay along the further side of Mount Olivet, east of Jerusalem.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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