Luke 19:31 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:31

If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Origen of Alexandria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (253)

There were then many masters of this colt, before that the Saviour had need of him. But as soon as He began to be the master, there ceased to be any other. For no one can serve God and mammon. (Matt. 6:24.) When we are the servants of wickedness we are subject to many vices and passions, but the Lord has need of the colt, because He would have us loosed from the chain of our sins.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And if any man ask you, why do ye loose him?.... As our Lord, being God omniscient, knew this question would be asked by the owners, and therefore prepares his disciples with an answer to it: thus shall ye say unto him, because the Lord hath need of him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

Let us mark, for one thing, in these verses — the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. We see Him sending two of His disciples to the entrance of a village, and telling them that they would find "a colt tied, which no one has ever ridden." We see Him describing what they would see and hear, with as much confidence as if the whole transaction had been previously arranged. In short, He speaks like one to whom nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight — everything is uncovered and laid bare before His eyes.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐάν	ean	if	G1437 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἐρωτᾷ·	erōta	shall ask;	G2065 →
διὰ	dia	Because of	G1223 →
τί	ti	why	G5101 →
λύετε;	luete	do you untie [it]?	G3089 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἐρεῖτε	ereite	will you say	G4483 →
ὅτι	hoti	Because	G3754 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
κύριος	kurios	Lord	G2962 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of it	G846 →
χρείαν	chreian	need	G5532 →
ἔχει.¶	echei	has.’	G2192 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 24:1
The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
leads to
- Psalms 89:11
  The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
- 1 Corinthians 10:26
  for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:11
  Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom,…
- Job 41:11
  Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 10:14
  Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
Through
Acts 10:36
He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
leads to
- Acts 2:36
  Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
- Matthew 28:18
  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- Revelation 17:14
  They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…