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Good News Translation

Mark 11:5

some of the bystanders asked them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bethany;   Jesus, the Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Triumphal Entry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Consciousness;   Dispersion ;   Divinity of Christ;   Entry into Jerusalem;   Fig-Tree ;   Incarnation (2);   Interpretation;   Passion Week;   Preaching Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Olives;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Loose;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”
King James Version (1611)
And certaine of them that stood there, said vnto them, What doe ye loosing the colt?
King James Version
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
English Standard Version
And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
New American Standard Bible
And some of the bystanders were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
New Century Version
Some people were standing there and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you untying that colt?"
Amplified Bible
Some of the people who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Some of the bystanders were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And some of the bystanders were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Berean Standard Bible
and some who were standing there asked, "Why are you untying the colt?"
Contemporary English Version
some of the people standing there asked, "Why are you untying the donkey?"
Complete Jewish Bible
The bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
Darby Translation
And some of those who stood there said to them, What are ye doing, loosing the colt?
Easy-to-Read Version
Some people were standing there and saw this. They asked, "What are you doing? Why are you untying that donkey?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then certaine of them, that stoode there, sayd vnto them, What doe ye loosing the colt?
George Lamsa Translation
Some of the men who stood there said to them, What are you doing, are you untying the colt?
Lexham English Bible
And some of those who were standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Literal Translation
And some of those standing there said to them, What are you doing, untying the colt?
American Standard Version
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Bible in Basic English
And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?
Hebrew Names Version
Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
International Standard Version
some men standing there asked them, "What are you doing untying that colt?"
Etheridge Translation
some of those who were standing said to them, What are you doing that you loosen the colt ?
Murdock Translation
some of those standing there, said to them: What do ye, untying the colt?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And diuers of them that stoode there, sayde vnto them: What do ye loosyng the colte?
English Revised Version
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
World English Bible
Some of those who stood there asked them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And some of them that stood there said, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Weymouth's New Testament
when some of the bystanders called out, "What are you doing, untying the foal?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And summe of hem that stoden there seiden to hem, What doen ye, vntiynge the colt?
Update Bible Version
And certain of those that stood there said to them, What do you do, loosing the colt?
Webster's Bible Translation
And certain of them that stood there, said to them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
New English Translation
Some people standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
New King James Version
But some of those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, loosing the colt?"
New Living Translation
As they were untying it, some bystanders demanded, "What are you doing, untying that colt?"
New Life Bible
Some men were standing there. They said to the two followers, "Why are you taking the rope off that young donkey?"
New Revised Standard
some of the bystanders said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, certain of them that were there standing, were saying unto them - What are ye doing, loosing the colt?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And some of them that stood there said to them: What do you loosing the colt?
Revised Standard Version
And those who stood there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And divers of the that stode there sayde vnto the: what do ye loosinge ye coolte?
Young's Literal Translation
and certain of those standing there said to them, `What do ye -- loosing the colt?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And certayne of those yt stode there, axed them: What do ye, that ye lowse the foale?
Mace New Testament (1729)
upon which some people there said to them, what do you mean by untying the colt?
Simplified Cowboy Version
some people started asking them where they were taking it.

Contextual Overview

1 As they approached Jerusalem, near the towns of Bethphage and Bethany, they came to the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of his disciples on ahead 2 with these instructions: "Go to the village there ahead of you. As soon as you get there, you will find a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 And if someone asks you why you are doing that, say that the Master needs it and will send it back at once." 4 So they went and found a colt out in the street, tied to the door of a house. As they were untying it, 5 some of the bystanders asked them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?" 6 They answered just as Jesus had told them, and the crowd let them go. 7 They brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the animal, and Jesus got on. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches in the field and spread them on the road. 9 The people who were in front and those who followed behind began to shout, "Praise God! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! 10 God bless the coming kingdom of King David, our father! Praise be to God!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 11:13
after that, he lived another 403 years and had other children.
Genesis 11:14
When Shelah was 30 years old, he had a son, Eber;
Genesis 11:23
after that, he lived another 200 years and had other children.
Genesis 11:24
When Nahor was 29 years old, he had a son, Terah;
Genesis 18:21
I must go down to find out whether or not the accusations which I have heard are true."
Exodus 3:8
and so I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of Egypt to a spacious land, one which is rich and fertile and in which the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites now live.
Exodus 19:11
and be ready the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down on Mount Sinai, where all the people can see me.
Exodus 19:18
All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord had come down on it in fire. The smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and all the people trembled violently.
Exodus 19:20
The Lord came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. Moses went up
Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy temple; he has his throne in heaven. He watches people everywhere and knows what they are doing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And certain of them that stood there,.... The Ethiopic version reads, who walked there; who were either standing hard by, or walking about the place, being inhabitants of it; and either the owners of the colt, or their servants, or both:

said unto them, what do ye loosing the colt? What do ye mean by it? do you intend to take the colt away? what business have you with it? what right have you to do so? and what is your end in it?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.

Mark 11:4

Two ways met - A crossroads. A public place, probably near the center of the village.

Mark 11:5

What do ye, loosing the colt? - Or, why do ye do this? What authority have you for doing it?

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Matthew 21:1-16.


 
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