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Hebrew Names Version

Luke 19:34

They said, 'The Lord needs it.'

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Olives, Mount of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Triumphal Entry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consciousness;   Dominion (2);   Entry into Jerusalem;   Humiliation of Christ;   Nature and Natural Phenomena;   Owner ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Olives;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“The Lord needs it,” they said.
King James Version (1611)
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
King James Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
English Standard Version
And they said, "The Lord has need of it."
New American Standard Bible
They said, "The Lord has need of it."
New Century Version
The followers answered, "The Master needs it."
Amplified Bible
They said, "The Lord needs it."
Legacy Standard Bible
And they said, "The Lord has need of it."
Berean Standard Bible
"The Lord needs it," they answered.
Contemporary English Version
They answered, "The Lord needs it."
Complete Jewish Bible
and they said, "Because the Lord needs it."
Darby Translation
And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.
Easy-to-Read Version
The followers answered, "The Master needs it."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they sayd, The Lorde hath neede of him.
George Lamsa Translation
And they said to them, Our Lord needs it.
Good News Translation
"The Master needs it," they answered,
Lexham English Bible
So they said, ‘The Lord has need of it.'
Literal Translation
And they said, The Lord has need of it.
American Standard Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
Bible in Basic English
And they said, The Lord has need of him.
International Standard Version
The disciplesThey">[fn] answered, "The Lord needs it."
Etheridge Translation
And they said to them, Because by our Lord it is requested.
Murdock Translation
And they said: Because our Lord needeth him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they sayde: For the Lorde hath neede of hym.
English Revised Version
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
World English Bible
They said, 'The Lord needs it.'
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
Weymouth's New Testament
and they replied, "The Master needs it."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei seiden, For the Lord hath nede to hym.
Update Bible Version
And they said, The Lord has need of him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
New English Translation
They replied, "The Lord needs it."
New King James Version
And they said, "The Lord has need of him."
New Living Translation
And the disciples simply replied, "The Lord needs it."
New Life Bible
They answered, "The Lord needs it."
New Revised Standard
They said, "The Lord needs it."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they, said - His Lord, hath, need.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.
Revised Standard Version
And they said, "The Lord has need of it."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they sayde: for ye Lorde hath nede of him.
Young's Literal Translation
and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They sayde: The LORDE hath nede therof.
Mace New Testament (1729)
they answer'd, because the Lord has occasion for it.
THE MESSAGE
They said, "His Master needs him."
Simplified Cowboy Version
The two cowboys said, "The Top Hand needs it for a little while."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They said, "The Lord has need of it."

Contextual Overview

28 When he had thus spoken, he went on ahead, going up to Yerushalayim. 29 It happened, when he drew near to Beit-Pagey and Beit-Anyah, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his talmidim, 30 saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it. 31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'" 32 Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?' 34 They said, 'The Lord needs it.' 35 They brought it to Yeshua. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Yeshua on them. 36 As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way. 37 As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the talmidim began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zechariah 9:9, John 10:35, John 12:16, 2 Corinthians 8:9

Reciprocal: Luke 22:11 - The Master John 4:1 - the Lord

Cross-References

Isaiah 3:9
The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sedom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them, but they were not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says the LORD.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they said, the Lord hath need of him. Or, our Lord, as the above versions in verse 31 (Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic). They used the words Christ directed them to, and it had the effect he said it would; for the owners both let them go, and the colt with them directly; :- and

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.


 
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