Mark 11:4 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 11:4

So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,

BSB

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ASV

And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open street; and they loose him.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Pseudo-Chrysostom

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (500)

(Cat. in Marc. Oxon.) Not indeed that He was compelled by necessity to ride on a colt from the mount of Olives to Jerusalem, for He had gone over Judæa and all Galilee on foot, but this action of His is typical. It goes on: And many spread their garments in the way: that is, under the feet of the colt; and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. This, however, was rather done to honour Him, and as a Sacrament, than of necessity.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

(in Luc. 9, 6) Or else, they found it bound before the door, because whosoever is not in Christ is without, in the way; but he who is in Christ, is not without. He has added in the way, or in a place where two ways meet, where there is no certain possession for any man, nor stall, nor food, nor stable; miserable is his service, whose rights are unfixed; for he who has not the one Master, has many.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The event described in these verses, is a singular exception in the history of our Lord's earthly ministry. Generally speaking, we see Jesus withdrawing Himself from public notice — often passing His time in the remote parts of Galilee — not infrequently abiding in the wilderness — and so fulfilling the prophecy, that He should "not cry, nor strive, nor let His voice be heard in the streets." Here, and here only, our Lord appears to drop His private character, and of His own choice to call public attention to Himself.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπῆλθον	apēlthon	they departed	G565 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εὗρον	heuron	found	G2147 →
πῶλον	pōlon	colt	G4454 →
δεδεμένον	dedemenon	tied	G1210 →
πρὸς	pros	at	G4314 →
θύραν	thuran	door	G2374 →
ἔξω	exō	outside	G1854 →
ἐπὶ	epi	by	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἀμφόδου	amphodou	street	G296 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λύουσιν	luousin	they untied	G3089 →
αὐτόν.	auton	it.	G846 →

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
John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
leads to
- John 15:14
  You are My friends if you do what I command you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 6:22
  So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Hebrews 11:8
  By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Luke 5:5–6
  “Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
- Hebrews 5:9
  And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
Through
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
leads to
- Genesis 12:1–4
  Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
- Acts 7:2–4
  And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Genesis 15:7–8
  The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark