Luke 19:34
So they said, “Because the Lord has need of it.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
In Context
33Then, as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
35And they led it to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they helped Jesus onto it.
Cross References
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.
John 12:16At first, his disciples did not realize these things. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that these things happened to him.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:29-41
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem. 28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 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. 31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath… Read the whole commentary →