Matthew 21:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. ”

Matthew 21:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord hath need of them - This means no more than the “master” has need of them. The word “Lord” often means no more than “master” as opposed to servant, Matthew 10:24 ; Eph 6:5 ; 1 Peter...
Matthew 21:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway (a) he will send them. (a) He that will say anything to you will let them go, that is, the ass and the...
Matthew 21:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphal Entry ( Mark 11:1-11 *, Luke 19:23-38 ; John 12:12-19 ). Mt. curiously misrepresents the poetic description of one animal in Zechariah 9:9 by making Jesus send for two, and even...
Matthew 21:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. The Lord (the proprietor of all things) hath need of them - Jesus is continually humb...
Matthew 21:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And straightway he will send them— And He ( the Lord ) will quickly send them back again. See Beza, Schultens, &c.
Matthew 21:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, For the exposition of this majestic scene-recorded, as will be seen...
Matthew 21:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solemn entry into Jerusalem ( Mark 11:1 ; Luke 19:29 ; John 12:12 ). More than a third of the entire Gospel narrative is occupied with the last week of Christ's life, commonly called Holy Week. T...
Matthew 21:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Lord hath need of them. — Simple as the words are, they admit of three very different interpretations. “The Lord” may be used either (1) in the highest sense as equivalent to Jehovah, as though...
Matthew 21:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 16 To Jerusalem - Matthew 20:17-34 - Matthew 21:1-17 I-THE GOING UP. Matthew 20:17-34 WE have now reached the last stage of the long and sorrowful journey to Jerusalem. From the c...
Matthew 21:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Great Healer and the Lowly King Matthew 20:29-34 ; Matthew 21:1-7 The Lord is always saying: What will ye that I shall do? Let us not ask small things. We honor Him by making great deman...
Matthew 21:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this cleansing of the Temple for the second time-He had done the same at the outset of His ministry- the Lord revealed His conception of the secret of all civic righteousness and strength. He reve...
Matthew 21:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, (2) Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightw...
Matthew 21:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SINCERITY IN RELIGION And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway be will send them.’ Matthew 21:3 The remarkable incidents recorded in this...
Matthew 21:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if any man say ought unto you ,.... As, what business have you with the ass and colt? why do you loose them? as certain persons, the owners of them did, as Mark and Luke relate; ye shall say,...
Matthew 21:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. Ver. 3. The Lord hath need of them ] The Lord of all, both beasts and hearts; for...
Matthew 21:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem Namely, on the first day of the week, five days before his death, for the passover was kept on the fourteenth day of the month, and this was the tenth; on whi...
Matthew 21:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

It is a moment of most serious significance as the Lord is now about to enter Jerusalem. He is to be publicly presented to Israel, yet in lowly grace, not in power and majesty. Two of His disciples a...
Matthew 21:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem. 1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, t...
Matthew 21:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 1-3. This famous story of our Lord's entrance into Jerusalem is recorded by Mark, and Luke also: by Mark, Mark 11:1 ; by Luke, Luke 19:29 . There is little difference in their relation of...
Matthew 21:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Prepares For His Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem (21:1-7). An essential part of any coronation among the Jews was an ass on which the King would ride to the crowning ceremony. This tradition...
Matthew 21:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES We now enter upon the crowded and peculiarly solemn events of the great week of our Saviour’s career, His last week—the passion week ( Morison ). Matthew 21:1 . Jerusalem. —The J...
Matthew 21:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:3 I. Our Lord's words illustrate, first of all, the deliberateness with which He moved forward to His agony and death. When He sent the two disciples for the ass and the foal which were...
Matthew 21:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 21:1-3 . And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come the Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you...
Matthew 21:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 21:1 . When they were come to Bethphage. The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of gross...
Matthew 21:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Beth-phage. Sixth Sunday in Lent I. It presents an illustration of the relation of Christ to the religious feeling of mankind. We are re...
Matthew 21:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 21:1-40 Triumphal entry into Jerusalem . ( Mark 11:1-41 ; Luke 19:29-42 ; John 12:12-43 .) Matthew 21:1 We have come to the last week of our Lord's earthly life,...
Matthew 21:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
Matthew 21:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 29:14-16 ; 1 Kings 17:9 ; 1 Samuel 10:26 ; 2 Corinthians 8:1 ; 2 Corinthians 8:16 ; 2 Corinthians 8:2 ; 2 Corinthians 8:9 ; Acts 17:25 ; Ezra 1:1 ; Ezra 1:5 ; Ezra 7:27 ; Hag...

Matthew 21:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 21:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 21:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 21:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 21:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 21:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 21:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 21:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 21:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge