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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. If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it[c] and will send it back here soon.’” So[d] they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 11:2 tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).
  2. Mark 11:2 tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”
  3. Mark 11:3 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
  4. Mark 11:4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

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. If 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.(B) As they untied it,

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