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International Standard Version

Matthew 21:10

When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The peopleThey">[fn] were asking, "Who is this?"Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45; John 2:13,15;">[xr]

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Scofield Reference Index - Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Inescapable Question;   Question, Inescapable;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Government;   Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hosanna;   Messiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christ, Christology;   Praise;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Messiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Antichrist;   Olives, Mount of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Pilgrimage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consciousness;   Multitude;   Nathanael ;   Popularity ;   Reverence;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hosanna;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Matthew, the Gospel of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar, saying, “Who is this?”
King James Version (1611)
And when hee was come into Hierusalem, all the citie was mooued, saying, Who is this?
King James Version
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
English Standard Version
And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
New American Standard Bible
When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
New Century Version
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, all the city was filled with excitement. The people asked, "Who is this man?"
Amplified Bible
When He entered Jerusalem, all the city was trembling [with excitement], saying, "Who is this?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And when He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"
Contemporary English Version
When Jesus came to Jerusalem, everyone in the city was excited and asked, "Who can this be?"
Complete Jewish Bible
When he entered Yerushalayim, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they asked.
Darby Translation
And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this?
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus went into Jerusalem. All the people in the city were confused. They asked, "Who is this man?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he was come into Hierusalem, all the citie was mooued, saying, Who is this?
George Lamsa Translation
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, and they were saying, Who is this man?
Good News Translation
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into an uproar. "Who is he?" the people asked.
Lexham English Bible
And when he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"
Literal Translation
And as He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was shaken, saying, Who is this?
American Standard Version
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?
Bible in Basic English
And when he came into Jerusalem, all the town was moved, saying, Who is this?
Hebrew Names Version
When he had come into Yerushalayim, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
Etheridge Translation
And when he had entered Urishlem, the whole city was commoved, and said, Who is this?
Murdock Translation
And as he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in commotion; and they said, Who is this?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he was come into Hierusale, all the citie was moued, saying: who is this?
English Revised Version
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?
World English Bible
When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And as he came into Jerusalem, all the city was in a commotion, saying, Who is this?
Weymouth's New Testament
When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into commotion, every one inquiring, "Who is this?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he was entrid in to Jerusalem, al the citee was stirid, and seide, Who is this?
Update Bible Version
And when he came into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this?
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
New English Translation
As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying, "Who is this?"
New King James Version
And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?"
New Living Translation
The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. "Who is this?" they asked.
New Life Bible
When Jesus came into Jerusalem, all the people of the city were troubled. They said, "Who is this?"
New Revised Standard
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was startled, saying - Who is this?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying: Who is this?
Revised Standard Version
And when he entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he was come in to Ierusalem all the cyte was moved sayinge: who is this?
Young's Literal Translation
And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he was come in to Ierusalem, all the cite was moued, and sayde: Who is this?
Mace New Testament (1729)
and when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was in an uproar, saying, who is this?
THE MESSAGE
As he made his entrance into Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken. Unnerved, people were asking, "What's going on here? Who is this?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
When Jesus rode into Jerusalem, the whole town was askin', "Who is this cowboy?"

Contextual Overview

1 When they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead andZechariah 14:4; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29;">[xr] 2 said to them, "Go into the village ahead of you. At once you will find a donkey tied up and a colt with it. Untie them, and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, tell him, 'The Lord needs them,' and that person will send them at once." 4 Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said, 5 "Tell the daughter[fn] of Zion,Isaiah 62:11; Zechariah 9:9; John 12:15;">[xr] 'Look, your king is coming to you!Isaiah 62:11">[fn] He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.'"Zechariah 9:9">[fn] 6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.Mark 11:4;">[xr] 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put their coats on them, and he sat upon them.2 Kings 9:13;">[xr] 8 Many people in the crowd spread their own coats on the road, while others began cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.Leviticus 23:40; John 12:13;">[xr] 9 Both the crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed him kept shouting,Psalm 118:25-26; Matthew 23:39;">[xr] "HosannaPlease save or Praise.">[fn] to the Son of David! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"Psalm 118:25-26; Psalm 148:1">[fn] 10 When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was trembling with excitement. The peopleThey">[fn] were asking, "Who is this?"Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45; John 2:13,15;">[xr]

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: Matthew 2:3, Ruth 1:19, 1 Samuel 16:4, John 12:16-19

Who: Song of Solomon 3:6, Isaiah 63:1, Luke 5:21, Luke 7:49, Luke 9:9, Luke 20:2, John 2:18, Acts 9:5

Reciprocal: Song of Solomon 5:9 - What is Mark 11:11 - Jesus Luke 18:36 - he John 12:34 - who Acts 21:30 - all

Cross-References

Matthew 22:13
Then the king told his servants, 'Tie his hands and feet, and throw him into the outer darkness! In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'[fn]Matthew 8:12;">[xr]
John 8:35
The slave does not remain in the household forever, but the son does remain forever.Galatians 4:30;">[xr]
Galatians 3:18
For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by the promise. But it was by a promise that God so graciously gave it to Abraham.Romans 4:14; 8:17;">[xr]
Galatians 4:7
So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if you are a child, then you are also an heir through God.Romans 8:16-17; Galatians 3:29;">[xr]
1 Peter 1:4
and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can't be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.Colossians 1:5; 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 Peter 5:4;">[xr]
1 John 2:19
They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. They simply made it clear that none of them was really part of us.Deuteronomy 13:13; Psalm 41:9; Matthew 24:24; John 6:37; 10:28-29; Acts 20:30; 1 Corinthians 11:19; 2 Timothy 2:19;">[xr]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he was come into Jerusalem..... The metropolis of the nation, the seat of the ancient kings of Judah, and of his father David, entering into it in this very public manner; as he never did before; riding in the manner the ancient judges and kings of Israel did, attended with a numerous retinue, shouting as they went along, and singing their "Hosannas" to him:

all the city was moved; as Bethlehem was, when Naomi with Ruth returned thither; and of which the same phrase is used, as here, Ruth 1:19.

all the city was moved about them; which the Chaldee paraphrase renders,

"all the inhabitants of the city were gathered in troops about them.''

And so here the sense is, that the inhabitants of the city of Jerusalem were in general alarmed at the uncommon apparatus, and shouting, and ran in great numbers to inquire what was the matter:

saying, who is this? They knew him not; for though he had preached unto them, and wrought miracles among them, yet they had never seen him in any such pomp and state; and could not devise who he should be, that entered their city in such a manner, amidst the shouts and acclamations of so great a multitude: it seemed greatly to affect them, and fill them with concern, astonishment, and fear.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved - There was great excitement. The sight of such a multitude, the shouts of the people, and the triumphant procession through the city, excited much attention and inquiry.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 21:10. All the city was moved — Or, the whole city was in motion. εσεισθη, was in a tumult - they saw and heard plainly that the multitude had proclaimed Christ king, and Messiah. Who is this? Who is accounted worthy of this honour?


 
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