Matthew 21:3. If any one lay aught, etc. Probably a prediction, as well as a measure of prudence. Both Mark and Luke give it in substance.

The Lord hath need of them. The tone is still royal, whether ‘the Lord' here means ‘Jehovah,' or simply ‘the Master.' In the former case the animals would be claimed for religious purposes, by Divine authority; in the latter for the well-known prophet. The two meanings coincided in our Lord's intention, whatever the owner would understand.

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Old Testament