Lectionary Calendar
Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

THE MESSAGE

Mark 11:5

This verse is not available in the MSG!

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?
King James Version
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do 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

1When they were nearing Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany on Mount Olives, he sent off two of the disciples with instructions: "Go to the village across from you. As soon as you enter, you'll find a colt tethered, one that has never yet been ridden. Untie it and bring it. If anyone asks, ‘What are you doing?' say, ‘The Master needs him, and will return him right away.'" 4They went and found a colt tied to a door at the street corner and untied it. Some of those standing there said, "What are you doing untying that colt?" The disciples replied exactly as Jesus had instructed them, and the people let them alone. They brought the colt to Jesus, spread their coats on it, and he mounted. 8The people gave him a wonderful welcome, some throwing their coats on the street, others spreading out rushes they had cut in the fields. Running ahead and following after, they were calling out, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in God's name! Blessed the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in highest heaven! 11 He entered Jerusalem, then entered the Temple. He looked around, taking it all in. But by now it was late, so he went back to Bethany with the Twelve.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 11:14
When Shelah was thirty years old, he had Eber. After Shelah had Eber, he lived 403 more years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24
When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he had Terah. After Nahor had Terah, he lived 119 more years and had other sons and daughters.
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was all smoke because God had come down on it as fire. Smoke poured from it like smoke from a furnace. The whole mountain shuddered in huge spasms. The trumpet blasts grew louder and louder. Moses spoke and God answered in thunder. God descended to the peak of Mount Sinai. God called Moses up to the peak and Moses climbed up.
Psalms 11:4
But God hasn't moved to the mountains; his holy address hasn't changed. He's in charge, as always, his eyes taking everything in, his eyelids Unblinking, examining Adam's unruly brood inside and out, not missing a thing. He tests the good and the bad alike; if anyone cheats, God's outraged. Fail the test and you're out, out in a hail of firestones, Drinking from a canteen filled with hot desert wind.
John 3:13
"No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.

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.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile