Luke 19:31
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
Luke 19:31 in other translations
| BSB | If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’” |
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| WEB | If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’” |
| ASV | And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him. |
| YLT | and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose it? thus ye shall say to him--The Lord hath need of it.' |
| DARBY | And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it. |
| BBE | And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him. |
| Webster | And if any man shall ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord hath need of him. |
What does Luke 19:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 19:29-38
29-38. Bethphage--"house of figs," a village which with Bethany lay along the further side of Mount Olivet, east of Jerusalem.
Barnes' Notes on Luke 19:30-34
Verses 28-39. Mt 21:1, also Mt 21:2-16
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 19:28-40
Christ has dominion over all creatures, and may use them as he pleases. He has all men's hearts both under his eye and in his hand. Christ's triumphs, and his disciples' joyful praises, vex proud Pharisees, who are enemies to him and to his kingdom. But Christ, as he despises the contempt of the proud, so he accepts the praises of the humble. Pharisees would silence the praises of Christ, but they cannot; for as God…
Luke 19:31 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 19:31
- Psalms 24:1
A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Acts 10:36
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
- Psalms 50:10-12
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
- Matthew 21:2-3
Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
- Mark 11:3-6
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. 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. And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
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Context
- Luke 19:30
Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
- Luke 19:31
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
- Luke 19:32
And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
Luke 19:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si alguien os preguntare, ¿por qué lo desatáis? le responderéis así: Porque el Señor lo ha menester. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si quelqu’un vous demande pourquoi vous le détachez, vous lui direz ainsi: Le Seigneur en a besoin. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn jemand euch fragt: Warum bindet ihr es los? so sprechet also zu ihm: Der Herr bedarf seiner. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et si quis vos interrogaverit: Quare solvitis? sic dicetis ei: Quia Dominus operam ejus desiderat. |