Mark 11:5 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 11:5

and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

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ASV

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

KJV

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

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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.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

But they would not have allowed this, if the Divine power had not been upon them, to compel them, especially, as they were country people and farmers, and yet allowed them to take away the colt. Or else, those who prevent them are the devils, who were weaker than the Apostles.

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

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καί	kai	And	G2532 →
τινες	tines	some	G5100 →
τῶν	tōn	of those	G3588 →
ἐκεῖ	ekei	there	G1563 →
ἑστηκότων	hestēkotōn	having stood	G2476 →
ἔλεγον	elegon	they were saying	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
ποιεῖτε	poieite	are you doing	G4160 →
λύοντες	luontes	untying	G3089 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πῶλον;	pōlon	colt?	G4454 →

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

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Commentary

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About Mark