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Contemporary English Version

Luke 19:33

While they were untying the donkey, its owners asked, "Why are you doing that?"

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Olives, Mount of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Triumphal Entry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ass;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Consciousness;   Entry into Jerusalem;   Humiliation of Christ;   Lord (2);   Owner ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Olives;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As they were untying the young donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?”
King James Version (1611)
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said vnto them, Why loose ye the Colt?
King James Version
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
English Standard Version
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
New American Standard Bible
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
New Century Version
As they were untying it, its owners came out and asked the followers, "Why are you untying our colt?"
Amplified Bible
As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Berean Standard Bible
As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Complete Jewish Bible
As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Darby Translation
And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt?
Easy-to-Read Version
They untied it, but its owners came out. They said to the followers, "Why are you untying our donkey?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And as they were loosing the colte, the owners thereof sayd vnto them, Why loose ye the colte?
George Lamsa Translation
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, Why do you untie the colt?
Good News Translation
As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying it?"
Lexham English Bible
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, ‘Why are you untying the colt?'
Literal Translation
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, Why do you untie the colt?
American Standard Version
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
Bible in Basic English
And when they were getting the young ass, the owners of it said to them, Why are you taking the young ass?
Hebrew Names Version
As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?'
International Standard Version
While they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Etheridge Translation
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners of him said to them, Why loose you the colt ?
Murdock Translation
And as they loosed the colt, the owner of him said to them: Why do ye loose that colt?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And as they were a loosyng the coult, the owners therof said vnto them, why loose ye the coult?
English Revised Version
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
World English Bible
As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them, Why loose ye the colt?
Weymouth's New Testament
And while they were untying the colt the owners called out, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei vntieden the colt, the lordis of hym seiden to hem, What vntien ye the colt?
Update Bible Version
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them, Why do you loose the colt?
Webster's Bible Translation
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, Why loose ye the colt?
New English Translation
As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying that colt?"
New King James Version
But as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, "Why are you loosing the colt?"
New Living Translation
And sure enough, as they were untying it, the owners asked them, "Why are you untying that colt?"
New Life Bible
As they were letting the young donkey loose, the owners said to them, "Why are you letting the young donkey loose?"
New Revised Standard
As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, as they were loosing the colt, his lords said unto them - Why are ye loosing the colt?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?
Revised Standard Version
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And as they were aloosinge ye coolte the owners sayde vnto the: why lowse ye ye coolte?
Young's Literal Translation
and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, `Why loose ye the colt?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But wha they lowsed ye foale; the owners therof sayde vnto the: Why lowse ye the foale?
Mace New Testament (1729)
as they were untying the colt, the owners said, why do you untie the colt?
Simplified Cowboy Version
Even when they untied the colt, the owners asked them what they were doing.

Contextual Overview

28 When Jesus had finished saying all this, he went on toward Jerusalem. 29 As he was getting near Bethphage and Bethany on the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples on ahead. 30 He told them, "Go into the next village, where you will find a young donkey that has never been ridden. Untie the donkey and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks why you are doing that, just say, ‘The Lord needs it.'" 32 They went off and found everything just as Jesus had said. 33 While they were untying the donkey, its owners asked, "Why are you doing that?" 34 They answered, "The Lord needs it." 35 Then they led the donkey to Jesus. They put some of their clothes on its back and helped Jesus get on. 36 And as he rode along, the people spread clothes on the road in front of him. 37 When Jesus was starting down the Mount of Olives, his large crowd of disciples were happy and praised God because of all the miracles they had seen.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside and shut the door behind him.
Genesis 19:7
Then he said, "Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing!
Genesis 19:15
Early the next morning the two angels tried to make Lot hurry and leave. They said, "Take your wife and your two daughters and get out of here as fast as you can! If you don't, every one of you will be killed when the Lord destroys the city."
Genesis 19:16
At first, Lot just stood there. But the Lord wanted to save him. So the angels took Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city.
Genesis 19:29
When God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot lived, he remembered his promise to Abraham and saved Lot from the terrible destruction.
Genesis 19:35
That night they got their father drunk, and this time the younger sister slept with him. But once again he was too drunk even to know she was there.
Proverbs 20:1
It isn't smart to get drunk! Drinking makes a fool of you and leads to fights.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as they were loosing the colt,.... In order to bring it away, as Christ bid them:

the owners thereof said unto them, why loose ye the colt? Mark takes notice of this, but does not tell us who they were, only that they were persons that stood there; but this evangelist informs us who they were: and it seems by this, that there were more owners of the colt than one, which might have made the taking away of the colt the more difficult; since, though one might agree to it, another might not; but Christ, who is God, and has the hearts of all men in his hands, could, as he did, dispose the minds of these men to let the colt go freely, and quietly, with his disciples;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.


 
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