And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
And the disciples went, and did even as Jesus appointed them,
And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,
But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
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(Verse 6, 7) However, the disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them. They brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. This colt and donkey, on which the apostles spread their cloaks so that Jesus might sit more comfortably, were naked before the coming of the Savior, and they shivered without cover, with many claiming dominion over them. But after they received the apostolic garments, they became more beautiful and had the Lord as their rider.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420patristic
And the disciples went,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
This was but a poor piece of state, yet Christ accepted their good-will; and we are hereby taught to contrive how to make Christ welcome, Christ and his grace, Christ and his gospel, into our hearts and houses.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
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John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
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For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
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Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
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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.
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Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
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You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
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“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.
So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
