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Matthew 21:2
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.
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.
Verse Matthew 21:2. _YE SHALL FIND AN ASS TIED, AND A COLT_] _Asses_ and _mules_ were in common use in Palestine: _horses_ were seldom to be met with. Our blessed Lord takes every opportunity to conv...
GO INTO THE VILLAGE OVER AGAINST YOU - That is, to Bethphage See the notes at Matthew 21:1. YE SHALL FIND AN ASS TIED ... - In Judea there were few horses, and those were chiefly used in war. People s...
9. THE KING ENTERS INTO JERUSALEM. The Parables of the Two Sons and the Householder and His Vineyard. CHAPTER 21 1. The King Enters Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:1 .) 2. The Second Cleansing of the Temple...
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY (Mark 11:1 *, Luke 19:23; John 12:12). Mt. curiously misrepresents the poetic description of one animal in Zechariah 9:9 by making J
When they had come near to Jerusalem, and when they had come to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent on two disciples ahead. "Go into the village which is facing you," he said, "and imme...
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST ACT (Matthew 21:1-11)...
GO. go forward. OVER AGAINST. or just off the high road. Greek. _apenanti =_ facing you. In Mark and Luke _katenanti =_ opposite and below, preferred, here, by all the texts. But the text may have be...
_an ass tied, and a colt with her_ "A colt tied whereon never man sat" (Mark and Luke). St Matthew notes the close correspondence with the words of the prophecy; see Matthew 21:5. Oriental travellers...
_Nisan_9 (_Palm Sunday_). Ch. Matthew 21:1-10. The Royal Entry into Jerusalem Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 1
THE ROYAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-40; John 12:12-19. St Luke alone places here the incident of Christ weeping over Jerusalem ...
ὌΝΟΝ ΔΕΔΕΜΈΝΗΝ ΚΑῚ ΠΩ͂ΛΟΝ ΜΕΤʼ ΑΥ̓ΤΗ͂Σ. ‘A colt tied whereon never man sat’ (Mark and Luke). St Matthew notes the close correspondence with the words of the prophecy; see Matthew 21:5. Oriental travel...
l. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2. Saying unto them, "Go into the village over against you, and straight...
_WITH THE FINISH IN SIGHT JESUS ENTERED JERUSALEM AND CLEANSED THE TEMPLE MATTHEW 21:1-17:_ One of the great statements from this section concerned the donkey and colt, "The Lord has need of them." Yo...
ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, ΚΏΜΗ (G2968) селение. ΚΑΤΈΝΑΝΤΙ (G2713) с _gen._ перед, напротив (RG, 643). ΕΎΡΉΣΕΤΕ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить,...
Section 54 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM IN MESSIANIC TRIUMPH (Parallels: Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19) TEXT 21:1-11 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto th...
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, For the exposition of this majestic scene-recorded, as will be seen, by...
20 James and John were the sons of Zebedee (Mar_:10:35). Our Lord called them “sons of thunder” (Mar_3:17), to indicate their tempestuous and violent disposition. The gentleness and love of John's wri...
AN ASS TIED, AND A COLT] The two animals are mentioned only by St. Matthew. An unused animal was preferred for an occasion like the present (see Mark 11:2; 1 Samuel 6:7)....
THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY. CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE Chronology of the Last Week of Christ's Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings' 'Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels'). Sabbath, Nisan 8...
SOLEMN ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12). More than a third of the entire Gospel narrative is occupied with the last week of Christ's life, commonly called Holy Week. The cause...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 JESUS ENTERS JERUSALEM 21:1-11 V1 As they came nearer to Jerusalem, they reached the town called Bethphage. It was on the Mount o...
GO INTO THE VILLAGE OVER AGAINST YOU. — This may have been either Bethany or, on the assumption that it was nearer Jerusalem, Bethphage itself. AN ASS TIED, AND A COLT WITH HER. — St. Mark and St. Luk...
CHAPTER 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17 - Matthew 21:1 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the corresponding passag...
εἰς τὴν κώμην : that is, naturally, the one named, though if we take εἰς before Βηθφαγὴ as = into, it might be Bethany, on the other side of the valley. Some think the two villages were practically on...
_The entry_ (Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44)....
THE GREAT HEALER AND THE LOWLY KING Matthew 20:29-34; Matthew 21:1-7 The Lord is always saying: _What will ye that I shall do?_ Let us not ask small things. We honor Him by making great demands. Our...
In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He revea...
Go ye into the village; in Latin, Castellum, but in Greek, eis ten komen, which is, before you, contra vos, as Virgil says, Italiam contra. (\'c6neid i.) Some authors think it was Bethphage. (Haydock)...
TRIUMPHANT ENTRY John 12:12-19; Matthew 21:1-11; Matthew 21:14-17; Luke 19:29-44;...
"And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, (2) Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightwa...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
2._Go into the village. _As he was _at Bethany_, he did not ask for _an ass _to relieve the fatigue of traveling; for he could easily have performed the rest of the journey on foot. (714) But as kings...
Afterwards (chapter 21), disposing of all that belonged to His willing people, He makes His entry into Jerusalem as King and Lord, according to the testimony of Zechariah. But although entering as Kin...
SAYING UNTO THEM, GO INTO THE VILLAGE OVER AGAINST YOU,.... Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads, "before you"; not Jerusalem, as some have thought, for that would never be called a village; though the Ethio...
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. Ver. 2. _An ass tied, and a colt with h...
_And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem_ Namely, on the first day of the week, five days before his death, for the passover was kept on the fourteenth day of the month, and this was the tenth; on whic...
It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples ar...
1-11 This coming of Christ was described by the prophet Zechariah, Zechariah 9:9. When Christ would appear in his glory, it is in his meekness, not in his majesty, in mercy to work salvation. As meek...
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Matthew 21:2 saying G3004 (G5723) them G846 Go G4198 (G5680) into G1519 village G2968 opposite G561 you...
JESUS PREPARES FOR HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM (21:1-7). An essential part of any coronation among the Jews was an ass on which the King would ride to the crowning ceremony. This tradition comm...
Matthew 21:2. INTO THE VILLAGE. BETHPHAGE; not Bethany, from which He had just come. AN ASS TIED, AND A COLT WITH HER. More particular than Mark and Luke, who mention only the colt. The more literal...
The date of the public entry into Jerusalem (narrated by all four Evangelists) was _Sunday, the_ _10th of the month Nisan._ We hold that our Lord ate the Passover at the usual time (see on chap. Matth...
INTO THE VILLAGE THAT IS OVER AGAINST YOU (εις την κωμην την κατεναντ υμων). Another use of εις. If it means "into" as translated, it could be Bethany right across the valley and this is probably t...
Matthew 21:1. And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come the Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and...
CONTENTS: The triumphant entry. Jesus' second purification of the temple. Barren fig tree cursed. Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the two sons in the vineyard. Parable of the house-holder dema...
Matthew 21:1. _When they were come to Bethphage._ The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of grossiti...
GO TO THE VILLAGE. BETHPHAGE. You will find a donkey tied up there. These very useful animals were a common means of transportation. But more important, every Jew expected the Messiah to come riding i...
_And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Beth-phage._ SIXTH SUNDAY IN LENT I. It presents an illustration of the relation of Christ to the religious feeling of mankind. We are relig...
THE DONKEY THAT COULD NOT BE SPARED Go into the village that is over against you, and straightway ye shall find an donkey tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. Matthew 21:2....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 21:1 The Messiah Asserts His Authority over Jerusalem. Jesus’ authority over Jerusalem is revealed in his triumphal entry (Matthew 21:1), action
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey Matthew 21:1-9; Mark 11:1-10; Luke 19:28-38; John 12:12-15;...
1-46 CHAPTER 21 _And when they were come nigh_, &c. Mark has (Mark 11:1), "And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, He sendeth forth two of His discip...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ We now enter upon the crowded and peculiarly solemn events of the great week of our Saviour’s career, His last week—the passion week (_Morison_). Matthew 21:1. JERUSALEM.—The Jerusal...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 21:1 _Triumphal entry into Jerusalem_. (Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12.)...
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, they were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, and then Jesus sent two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately...
John 2:5; Luke 19:30; Mark 11:2; Mark 11:3; Mark 14:13;...
A colt with her. The Lord does not separate the colt from its dam....
(CF. MARK 11:2; LUKE 19:30)— Were there two donkeys involved in the triumphal entry or just one? PROBLEM: Matthew’s account records Jesus’ request of two disciples to go into a village and get two do...