Luke 19:34

32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
“The Lord needs it,” they answered.
KJV
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
WEB
They said, “The Lord needs it.”
ASV
And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
DARBY
And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.
BLB
And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”
ÅB
De sa: Herren har bruk for den.
OTB
De svarte: “Det trengs av Herren.”
B1930
De sa: Herren har bruk for den.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

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  • John 10:35

    If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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  • John 12:16

    These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

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