Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark ||Home||Topical
Index||Next Chapter |1: And when they drew near to to Beth'phage
and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his 2: and
said to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately
as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has
ever untie it and bring it. 3: If any one says to you, `Why are
you doing say, `The Lord has need of it and will send it back
here immediately.'" 4: And they went away, and found a colt tied
at the door out in the street; and they untied it. 5: And those
who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the
colt?" 6: And they told them what ||Jesus had said; and they let
them go. 7: And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their
garments on it; and he sat upon it. 8: And many spread their
garments on the road, and others spread leafy branches which
they had cut from the fields. 9: And those who went before and
those who followed cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes
in the name