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King James Version

Mark 11:5

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bethany;   Jesus, the Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Triumphal Entry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Consciousness;   Dispersion ;   Divinity of Christ;   Entry into Jerusalem;   Fig-Tree ;   Incarnation (2);   Interpretation;   Passion Week;   Preaching Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Olives;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Loose;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
King James Version (1611)
And certaine of them that stood there, said vnto them, What doe ye loosing the colt?
English Standard Version
And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
New American Standard Bible
And some of the bystanders were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
New Century Version
Some people were standing there and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you untying that colt?"
Amplified Bible
Some of the people who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Some of the bystanders were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And some of the bystanders were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Berean Standard Bible
and some who were standing there asked, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Contemporary English Version
some of the people standing there asked, "Why are you untying the donkey?"
Complete Jewish Bible
The bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
Darby Translation
And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt?
Easy-to-Read Version
Some people were standing there and saw this. They asked, "What are you doing? Why are you untying that donkey?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then certaine of them, that stoode there, sayd vnto them, What doe ye loosing the colt?
George Lamsa Translation
Some of the men who stood there said to them, What are you doing, are you untying the colt?
Good News Translation
some of the bystanders asked them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
Lexham English Bible
And some of those who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Literal Translation
And some of those standing there said to them, What are you doing, untying the colt?
American Standard Version
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Bible in Basic English
And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?
Hebrew Names Version
Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
International Standard Version
some men standing there asked them, "What are you doing untying that colt?"
Etheridge Translation
some of those who were standing said to them, What are you doing that you loosen the colt ?
Murdock Translation
some of those standing there, said to them: What do ye, untying the colt?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And diuers of them that stoode there, sayde vnto them: What do ye loosyng the colte?
English Revised Version
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
World English Bible
Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And some of them that stood there said, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Weymouth's New Testament
when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And summe of hem that stoden there seiden to hem, What doen ye, vntiynge the colt?
Update Bible Version
And certain of those that stood there said to them, What do you do, loosing the colt?
Webster's Bible Translation
And certain of them that stood there, said to them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
New English Translation
Some people standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
New King James Version
But some of those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, loosing the colt?"
New Living Translation
As they were untying it, some bystanders demanded, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
New Life Bible
Some men were standing there. They said to the two followers, "Why are you taking the rope off that young donkey?"
New Revised Standard
some of the bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, certain of them that were there standing, were saying unto them - What are ye doing, loosing the colt?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of them that stood there said to them: What do you loosing the colt?
Revised Standard Version
And those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And divers of the that stode there sayde vnto the: what do ye loosinge ye coolte?
Young's Literal Translation
and certain of those standing there said to them, `What do ye -- loosing the colt?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And certayne of those yt stode there, axed them: What do ye, that ye lowse the foale?
Mace New Testament (1729)
upon which some people there said to them, what do you mean by untying the colt?
Simplified Cowboy Version
some people started asking them where they were taking it.

Contextual Overview

1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. 4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. 8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 11:13
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:14
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis 11:23
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 18:21
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
Exodus 3:8
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Exodus 19:11
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Exodus 19:20
And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord 's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And certain of them that stood there,.... The Ethiopic version reads, who walked there; who were either standing hard by, or walking about the place, being inhabitants of it; and either the owners of the colt, or their servants, or both:

said unto them, what do ye loosing the colt? What do ye mean by it? do you intend to take the colt away? what business have you with it? what right have you to do so? and what is your end in it?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.

Mark 11:4

Two ways met - A crossroads. A public place, probably near the center of the village.

Mark 11:5

What do ye, loosing the colt? - Or, why do ye do this? What authority have you for doing it?

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.


 
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