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Updated Bible Version

Luke 19:34

And they said, The Lord has need of him.

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.
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.
Revised Standard Version
And they said, "The Lord has need of it."
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 thus spoken, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem. 29 And it came to pass, when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called, of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, Go your way into the village across from [you]; in which as you enter you shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat: and having loosed him, bring him. 31 And if any one asks you, Why do you loose him? thus you shall say, The Lord has need of him. 32 And those that were sent, went away, and found even as he had said to them. 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them, Why do you loose the colt? 34 And they said, The Lord has need of him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they threw their garments on the colt, and set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their garments in the way. 37 And as he was now drawing near, [even] 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 which 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
The show of their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe to their soul! for they have done evil to themselves.
Jeremiah 3:3
Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 5:3
O Yahweh, don't your eyes look at truth? you have stricken them, but they were not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 6:15
They were ashamed when they did these disgusting things. But, they did not feel ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 8:12
They were ashamed when they did these disgusting things. But, they did not feel ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among those that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.

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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