Mark 11:2

κατέναντι ὑ., opposite you. This adverb (from κατά ἔναντι) is not found in Greek authors, but occurs frequently in Sept [100] ἐφʼ ὃν οὐδεὶς οὔπ. ἀν. ἐκάθισεν : this point, that the colt had never been used, would seem of vital importance afterhand, from the Christian point of view, and one cannot wonder that it took a sure place in the tradition, as evinced by the narrative in Mk. followed by Lk. But it is permissible to regard this as an expansion of what Jesus actually said. The idea underlying is that for sacred purposes only unused animals may be employed (vide Numbers 19:2; 1 Samuel 6:7). λύσατε, φέρετε : aorist and present; the former denoting a momentary act, the latter a process.

[100]Septuagint.