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Mark 11:2-4
New English Translation
Mark 11:2-4
New English Translation
2 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. 3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it[c] and will send it back here soon.’” 4 So[d] they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.
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- Mark 11:2 tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).
- Mark 11:2 tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”
- Mark 11:3 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
- Mark 11:4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
Mark 11:2-4
New International Version
Mark 11:2-4
New International Version
2 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. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”
4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway.(B) As they untied it,
Mark 11:2-4
King James Version
Mark 11:2-4
King James Version
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
4 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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Mark 11:2-4
New King James Version
Mark 11:2-4
New King James Version
2 and He said to them, “Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it. 3 And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and immediately he will send it here.”
4 So they went their way, and found [a]the colt tied by the door outside on the street, and they loosed it.
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- Mark 11:4 NU, M a
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