Mark 11:2-4
New English Translation
2 and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you.[a] As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden.[b] Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it[c] and will send it back here soon.’” 4 So[d] they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.
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- Mark 11:2 tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).
- Mark 11:2 tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”
- Mark 11:3 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
- Mark 11:4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
Mark 11:2-4
New International Version
2 saying 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.(A) Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”
4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway.(B) As they untied it,
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