E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 11:5
What do ye . ? = What are you doing? read more
What do ye . ? = What are you doing? read more
brought = led. to. Greek. pros. App-104 . Not the came word as in verses: Mark 11:1 , Mark 11:13 , Mark 11:15 . him = it. upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . read more
in = on. Greek. eis . App-104 . Matthew and Luke have "in". Greek. eis App-104 . cut = were cutting. branches off. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "branches of". branches . Matthew, Mark, and John have each a different word. Each is a Divine supplement to the other two. All three were cut and cast. Matthew, plural of klados = branches; Mark, plural of stoibas = litter, made of leaves from the fields (Occurs only here); John 12:13 , has plural of baion = palm branches. ... read more
Hosanna, &c. Quoted from Psalms 118:25 , Psalms 118:26 . See note on Matthew 21:9 . in. Greek. en. App-104 . the LORD. App-98 . B. a. read more
The Gospel of Mark condensed a great detail of material into the remaining six chapters, and not all of it is in strict chronological sequence. However, in this eleventh chapter, there are three successive days designated (Mark 11:11:11; Mark 11:11:12; Mark 11:11:20; and Mark 11:11:27). In the designed brevity of the gospel, it was inevitable that some events would be recorded with many details omitted and that some things would be omitted altogether. The sections of this chapter are devoted... read more
And saith unto them, Go your way into the village that is over against you: and straightway as ye enter it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat; loose him and bring him.As to which village was meant, there is no certain way to determine it; but Matthew's mention of their coming to Bethphage with no mention of Bethany suggests that the latter was the "village over against" them. Mark and Luke writing at a later date than Matthew threw in the name of the village where they got... read more
And if any one say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye, The Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him back hither.The Lord hath need of him ... Jesus here referred to himself as "Lord," a term that cannot, in context, be separated from a claim of divinity on Jesus' part.And straightway he will send him back hither ... The Greek word here rendered "hither" is actually "here";[2] it is thus a reference to the place where Jesus was standing when he gave this order. The word "back" is... read more
And they went away, and found a colt tied to the door without in the open street; and they loose him. And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?It should be noted that the disciples found the colt exactly where Jesus said they would find it, that it was tied, and that they encountered exactly the same questioning of what they were doing that Jesus had anticipated. No wonder such an event persisted in the memory of all and found its way into all three... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 11:4
the = a. According to all the texts. by = at. Greek. pros. App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: Mark 11:28 , Mark 11:29 , Mark 11:33 . in = on. or upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . a place where two ways met = in that quarter [where the Lord had said]. Greek. amphodos. The regular word in the Papyri to denote the "quarter" or part (Latin vicus) of a city. Occurs only here in N.T. But Codex Bazae (Cambridge), cent. b or 6, adds (in Acts 19:28 ) after "wrath", "running into that quarter". read more