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Wesley's New Testament

Luke 19:34

And they said, The Lord hath 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.'
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.
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 having said these things. he went before, going up to Jerusalem. 29 And as he drew nigh to Bethpage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, 30 he sent two of his disciples, saying, Go ye into the village over against you, in which entering, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man yet sat; loose him and bring him hither. 31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him, thus shall ye say to him, The Lord hath need of him. 32 And they that were sent went, and found even as he had said to them. 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them, Why loose ye the colt? 34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus, and they cast their garments on the colt and set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. 37 And when he was now come nigh, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to 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

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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