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Selected Verse: Mark 11:1 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 11:1 |
King James |
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mat. 21:1-16.
Mar 11:4
Two ways met - A crossroads. A public place, probably near the center of the village.
Mar 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 Mat. 21:1-16. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Bethphage
Meaning, "house of unripe figs", (see (Mar 11:12); (Mar 11:20), probably so called after the fig tree was cursed. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| To Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives - The limits of Bethany reached to the mount of Olives, and joined to those of Bethphage. Bethphage was part of the suburbs of Jerusalem, and reached from the mount of Olives to the walls of the city. Our Lord was now come to the place where the boundaries of Bethany and Bethphage met. Mat 21:1; Luk 19:29; Joh 12:12. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He sendeth - two of his disciples - This was done but a few days before the passover. See our Lord's entry into Jerusalem illustrated, on Matthew 21:1-17 (note). |
5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,