Mark 11:4

Mark 11:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door outside on the street, and they loosed it.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The two disciples left and found the colt standing in the street, tied outside the front door.

Context of Mark 11:4

2saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’ ” They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 6They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go.

Mark 11:4 word by word

καὶ ἀπῆλθον καὶ εὗρον πῶλον δεδεμένον πρὸς θύραν ἔξω ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀμφόδου καὶ λύουσιν αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• they went their wayἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• foundεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• the coltὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the coltπῶλοςpōlos · coltG4454
• tiedδέωdeō · to bindG1210
• byπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the doorθύραthura · doorG2374
• withoutἔξωexō · out/outside(r)G1854
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• a place where two ways metἄμφοδονamphodon · streetG296
• they looseλύωluō · to looseG3089
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Mark 11:4

• Matthew 21:6The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.
• Matthew 26:19So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
• Luke 19:32Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them.
• John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
• Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

Commentaries on Mark 11:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mark 11:4 Two ways met - A crossroads. A public place, probably near the center of the village. Mark 11:5 What do ye, loosing the colt? - Or, why do ye do this? What authority have you for doing it? See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The disciples obeyed the instructions of Jesus. They found everything just as he had said.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-11See on Lu 19:29-40. Mt 21:12-22; Lu 19:45-48). 11. And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon--surveyed. all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out into Bethany with the twelve--Thus briefly does our Evangelist dispose of this His first day in Jerusalem, after the triumphal entry. Nor do the Third and Fourth Gospels give us more light. But from Matthew (Mt 21:10, 11, 14-16) we learn some…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 11:4

• Bethany
• Jesus, the Christ

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Commentaries on Mark 11

• 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