Mark 11:2-3
11:2 and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you. 1 As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. 2 Untie it and bring it here.
11:3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it 3 and will send it back here soon.’”
1 tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).
2 tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”
3 sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.