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Matthew 21:3-5
New English Translation
Matthew 21:3-5
New English Translation
3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’[a] and he will send them at once.” 4 This[b] took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[c]
5 “Tell the people of Zion,[d]
‘Look, your king is coming to you,
unassuming and seated on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”[e]
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:3 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
- Matthew 21:4 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
- Matthew 21:4 tn Grk “what was spoken by the prophet, saying.” The present participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redundant and has not been translated.
- Matthew 21:5 tn Grk “Tell the daughter of Zion” (the phrase “daughter of Zion” is an idiom for the inhabitants of Jerusalem: “people of Zion”). The idiom “daughter of Zion” has been translated as “people of Zion” because the original idiom, while firmly embedded in the Christian tradition, is not understandable to most modern English readers.
- Matthew 21:5 tn Grk “the foal of an animal under the yoke,” i.e., a hard-working animal. This is a quotation from Zech 9:9.
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