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Revised Standard Version

Luke 19:34

And they said, "The Lord has need of 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.
Hebrew Names Version
They said, 'The Lord needs it.'
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.
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 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
  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
Their partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil upon themselves.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and the spring rain has not come; yet you have a harlot's brow, you refuse to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not thy eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, but they felt no anguish; thou hast consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
Jeremiah 6:15
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, 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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