Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 21:3
And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway (a) he will send them.
(a) He that will say anything to you will let them go, that is, the ass and the colt.
And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway (a) he will send them.
(a) He that will say anything to you will let them go, that is, the ass and the colt.
Verse Matthew 21:3. _THE LORD_ (the proprietor of all things) _HATH NEED OF_ _THEM_] Jesus is continually humbling himself, to show us how odious _pride_ is in the sight of God: but in his humility he...
THE LORD HATH NEED OF THEM - This means no more than the “master” has need of them. The word “Lord” often means no more than “master” as opposed to servant, Matthew 10:24; Eph 6:5; 1 Peter 3:5. The wo...
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)...
_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 account leads to the inference that the owner of the ass was an adherent of Jesus who had perhaps not yet declared himself. The number of such secret followers was probably very large....
The account leads to the inference that the owner of the ass was an adherent of Jesus who had perhaps not yet declared himself. The number of such secret followers was perhaps very large....
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 ...
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...
ΕΪΠΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._, в котором условие является возможным, ΈΡΕΊΤΕ _fut. ind. act. 2 pers. pl. от_ ΛΈΓΩ. _Fut._ используется как повеление (VA, 419)...
AND STRAIGHTWAY HE WILL SEND THEM— _And He_ (_the Lord_) _will quickly send them back again._ See Beza, Schultens, &c....
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...
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...
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...
THE LORD] i.e. Jesus. The ready way in which the owner parted with the animals proves that he was a disciple, and this is an argument for an earlier ministry of Jesus in Jerusalem....
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...
THE LORD HATH NEED OF THEM. — Simple as the words are, they admit of three very different interpretations. “The Lord” may be used either (1) in the highest sense as equivalent to Jehovah, as though th...
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...
ἐάν τις, etc. Of course it was to be expected that the act would be challenged. ἐρεῖτε, ye shall say, future with imperative force. ὅτι, recitative, introducing in direct form the words of the Master....
_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...
_The Lord hath need. Not our Lord, or your Lord, but the Lord, viz. of all, both of the beasts and of their masters, and of every creature. Christ here discovers two of his own attributes, his omnisci...
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...
_SINCERITY IN RELIGION_ And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway be will send them.’ Matthew 21:3 The remarkable incidents recorded in this chapt...
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...
AND IF ANY MAN SAY OUGHT UNTO YOU,.... As, what business have you with the ass and colt? why do you loose them? as certain persons, the owners of them did, as Mark and Luke relate; YE SHALL SAY, THE...
And if any _man_ say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. Ver. 3. _The Lord hath need of them_] The Lord of all, both beasts and hearts; for el...
_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...
SAY AUGHT; say any thing against your taking them....
CHRIST'S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM...
AND IF ANY MAN SAY AUGHT UNTO YOU, YE SHALL SAY, THE LORD HATH NEED OF THEM; AND STRAIGHTWAY HE WILL SEND THEM. After the miracle at Jericho, Jesus had come directly to Bethany, a small town on the ea...
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...
Ver. 1-3. This famous story of our Lord's entrance into Jerusalem is recorded by Mark, and Luke also: by Mark, MARK 11:1; by Luke, LUKE 19:29. There is little difference in their relation of it thus f...
Matthew 21:3 And G2532 if G1437 anyone G5100 says G2036 (G5632) anything G5100 you G5213 say G2046 ...
“And if any one says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them', and immediately he will send them.” It may well be that Jesus had already made an arrangement that He would collect th...
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 21:3. 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 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...
THE LORD (ο κυριος). It is not clear how the word would be understood here by those who heard the message though it is plain that Jesus applies it to himself. The word is from κυρος, power or author...
Matthew 21:3 I. Our Lord's words illustrate, first of all, the deliberateness with which He moved forward to His agony and death. When He sent the two disciples for the ass and the foal which were tie...
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...
THE MASTER NEEDS THEM. The owner was likely a follower of Christ....
_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...
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...
1 Chronicles 29:14; 1 Kings 17:9; 1 Samuel 10:26; 2 Corinthians 8:1;...
The Lord [ο κ υ ρ ι ο ς]. From kurov, supreme power, authority. Hence kuriov, one having authority, Lord, owner, ruler. In classical Greek, used of the gods, and in inscriptions applied to different g...