Luke 19:34
But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
In Context
33And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?
35And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon.
Cross References
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
John 12:16These things his disciples did not know at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things 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 →