Luke 19:30-35

19:30 telling them, ¹  “Go to the village ahead of you. ²  When ³  you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ⁴  Untie it and bring it here. 19:31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ just say, ‘The Lord needs ⁵  it.’” 19:32 So those who were sent ahead found ⁶  it exactly ⁷  as he had told them. 19:33 As ⁸  they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, ⁹  “Why are you untying that colt?” 19:34 They replied, “The Lord needs it.” 19:35 Then ¹⁰  they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks ¹¹  on the colt, ¹²  and had Jesus get on ¹³  it.

---

¹ tn Grk “saying.”

² tn Grk “the village lying before [you]” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.a).

³ tn Grk “in which entering.” This is a continuation of the previous sentence in Greek, but because of the length and complexity of the construction a new sentence was started here in the translation.

⁴ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

⁵ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

⁶ tn Grk “sent ahead and went and found.”

⁷ sn Exactly as he had told them. Nothing in Luke 19-23 catches Jesus by surprise. Often he directs the action.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

⁹ tn Grk “said to them.”

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹¹ tn Grk “garments”; but this refers in context to their outer cloaks. The action is like 2 Kgs 9:13.

¹² sn See Zech 9:9.

¹³ tn Although ἐπεβίβασαν (epebibasan) is frequently translated “set [Jesus] on it” or “put [Jesus] on it,” when used of a riding animal the verb can mean “to cause to mount” (L&N 15.98); thus here “had Jesus get on it.” The degree of assistance is not specified.