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Revised Standard Version

Luke 19:33

And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"

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?"
Contemporary English Version
While they were untying the donkey, its owners asked, "Why are you doing that?"
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?
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 And when he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he drew near to Beth'phage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, "Go into the village opposite, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat; untie it and bring it here. 31 If any one asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say this, 'The Lord has need of it.'" 32 So those who were sent went away and found it as he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" 34 And they said, "The Lord has need of it." 35 And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their garments on the colt they set Jesus upon it. 36 And as he rode along, they spread their garments on the road. 37 As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
Lot went out of the door to the men, shut the door after him,
Genesis 19:7
and said, "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
Genesis 19:15
When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city."
Genesis 19:16
But he lingered; so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.
Genesis 19:29
So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 19:35
So they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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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