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Mt 21:1	Strong Concordance	And [2532] when [3753] they drew nigh [1448] unto [1519] Jerusalem [2414], and [2532] were come [2064] to [1519] Bethphage [967], unto [4314] the mount [3735] of Olives [1636], then [5119] sent [649] Jesus [2424] two [1417] disciples [3101],
	King James	And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem - They were going up now from Jericho. Mat 20:29. The distance was about 19 miles. The most of the way was a desert, or filled with caves, and rocks, and woods - a suitable place for robbers. See Luk 10:30. The Mount of Olives, or "Olivet," is on the east of Jerusalem. Between this and Jerusalem there runs a small stream called the brook Kidron, or Cedron. It is dry in the hot seasons of the year, but swells to a considerable size in time of heavy rains. See the notes at Joh 18:1. The Mount of Olives was so called from its producing in abundance the olive. It was from Jerusalem about a Sabbath-day's journey. See the notes at Act 1:12. On the west side of the mountain was the garden of Gethsemane, Luk 22:39; Mar 14:32. On the eastern declivity of the mountain were the villages of Bethphage and Bethany. Mark and Luke say that he came near to both those places. He appears to have come first to Bethany, where he passed the night Joh 12:1, Joh 12:9-11, and in the morning sent over to the adjacent village Bethphage. Bethany was the place where Lazarus lived, whom he raised from the dead John 11; where Martha and Mary lived; and where Mary anointed him with ointment against the day of his burying, Joh 12:1-7. The Mount of Olives is about a mile in length and about 700 feet in height, and overlooks Jerusalem, so that from its summit almost every part of the city can be seen. The mountain is composed of three peaks or summits. The "olive" is a fruit well known among us as an article of commerce. The tree blooms in June, and bears white flowers. The fruit is small. It is first green, then whitish, and, when fully ripe, black. It encloses a hard stone in which are the seeds. The "wild olive" was common, and differed from the other only in being of a smaller size. There are two roads from Jerusalem to Bethany; one around the southern end of the Mount of Olives, and the other across the summit. The latter is considerably shorter, but more difficult, and it was probably along this road that the Saviour went.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem - They were going up now from Jericho.

Mat 20:29. The distance was about 19 miles. The most of the way was a desert, or filled with caves, and rocks, and woods - a suitable place for robbers. See Luk 10:30. The Mount of Olives, or "Olivet," is on the east of Jerusalem. Between this and Jerusalem there runs a small stream called the brook Kidron, or Cedron. It is dry in the hot seasons of the year, but swells to a considerable size in time of heavy rains. See the notes at Joh 18:1. The Mount of Olives was so called from its producing in abundance the olive. It was from Jerusalem about a Sabbath-day's journey. See the notes at Act 1:12. On the west side of the mountain was the garden of Gethsemane, Luk 22:39; Mar 14:32. On the eastern declivity of the mountain were the villages of Bethphage and Bethany. Mark and Luke say that he came near to both those places.

He appears to have come first to Bethany, where he passed the night Joh 12:1, Joh 12:9-11, and in the morning sent over to the adjacent village Bethphage. Bethany was the place where Lazarus lived, whom he raised from the dead John 11; where Martha and Mary lived; and where Mary anointed him with ointment against the day of his burying, Joh 12:1-7. The Mount of Olives is about a mile in length and about 700 feet in height, and overlooks Jerusalem, so that from its summit almost every part of the city can be seen. The mountain is composed of three peaks or summits. The "olive" is a fruit well known among us as an article of commerce. The tree blooms in June, and bears white flowers. The fruit is small. It is first green, then whitish, and, when fully ripe, black. It encloses a hard stone in which are the seeds. The "wild olive" was common, and differed from the other only in being of a smaller size. There are two roads from Jerusalem to Bethany; one around the southern end of the Mount of Olives, and the other across the summit. The latter is considerably shorter, but more difficult, and it was probably along this road that the Saviour went.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
nigh unto Jerusalem (Mat 21:1-9); (Zac 9:9); (Zac 14:4-9). The two advents are in striking contrast.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Bethphage House of figs.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Mar 11:1; Luk 19:29; Joh 12:12.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Bethphage - A place on the west declivity of Mount Olivet, from which it is thought the whole declivity and part of the valley took their name. It is supposed to have derived its name from the fig-trees which grew there; בית beeth, signifying a region as well as a house, and פג phag, a green fig.

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¹ Then [3767] Jesus [2424] six [1803] days [2250] before [4253] the passover [3957] came [2064] to [1519] Bethany [963], where [3699] Lazarus [2976] was [2258] which [3588] had been dead [2348], whom [3739] he raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498].
² There [1563] [3767] they made [4160] him [846] a supper [1173]; and [2532] Martha [3136] served [1247]: but [1161] Lazarus [2976] was [2258] one [1520] of them that sat at the table [4873] with him [846].
³ Then [3767] took [2983] Mary [3137] a pound [3046] of ointment [3464] of spikenard [3487] [4101], very costly [4186], and anointed [218] the feet [4228] of Jesus [2424], and [2532] wiped [1591] his [846] feet [4228] with her [846] hair [2359]: and [1161] the house [3614] was filled [4137] with [1537] the odour [3744] of the ointment [3464].
⁴ Then [3767] saith [3004] one [1520] of [1537] his [846] disciples [3101], Judas [2455] Iscariot [2469], Simon's [4613] son, which [3588] should [3195] betray [3860] him [846],
⁵ Why [1302] was [4097] not [3756] this [5124] ointment [3464] sold [4097] for three hundred [5145] pence [1220], and [2532] given [1325] to the poor [4434]?
⁶ [1161] This [5124] he said [2036], not [3756] that [3754] he [846] cared [3199] for [4012] the poor [4434]; but [235] because [3754] he was [2258] a thief [2812], and [2532] had [2192] the bag [1101], and [2532] bare [941] what was put therein [906].
⁷ Then [3767] said [2036] Jesus [2424], Let [863] her [846] alone [863]: against [1519] the day [2250] of my [3450] burying [1780] hath she kept [5083] this [846].

⁹ Much [4183] people [3793] of [1537] the Jews [2453] therefore [3767] knew [1097] that [3754] he was [2076] there [1563]: and [2532] they came [2064] not [3756] for [1223] Jesus [2424]' sake only [3440], but [235] that [2443] they might see [1492] Lazarus [2976] also [2532], whom [3739] he had raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498].
¹⁰ But [1161] the chief priests [749] consulted [1011] that [2443] they might put [615] Lazarus [2976] also [2532] to death [615];
¹¹ Because [3754] that by reason [1223] of him [846] many [4183] of the Jews [2453] went away [5217], and [2532] believed [4100] on [1519] Jesus [2424].

³² And [2532] they came [2064] to [1519] a place [5564] which [3739] was named [3686] Gethsemane [1068]: and [2532] he saith [3004] to his [846] disciples [3101], Sit ye [2523] here [5602], while [2193] I shall pray [4336].

³⁹ And [2532] he came out [1831], and went [4198], as [2596] he was wont [1485], to [1519] the mount [3735] of Olives [1636]; and [1161] his [846] disciples [3101] also [2532] followed [190] him [846].

¹² Then [5119] returned they [5290] unto [1519] Jerusalem [2419] from [575] the mount [3735] called [2564] Olivet [1638], which [3739] is [2076] from [1451] Jerusalem [2419] a sabbath [4521] day's journey [2192] [3598].

¹ When Jesus [2424] had spoken [2036] these words [5023], he went forth [1831] with [4862] his [846] disciples [3101] over [4008] the brook [5493] Cedron [2748], where [3699] was [2258] a garden [2779], into [1519] the which [3739] he [846] entered [1525], and [2532] his [846] disciples [3101].

³⁰ And [1161] Jesus [2424] answering [5274] said [2036], A certain [5100] man [444] went down [2597] from [575] Jerusalem [2419] to [1519] Jericho [2410], and [2532] fell among [4045] thieves [3027], which [3739] [2532] stripped [1562] him [846] of his raiment [1562], and [2532] wounded [4127] [2007] him, and departed [565], leaving [863] him half dead [2253] [5177].

²⁹ And [2532] as they [846] departed [1607] from [575] Jericho [2410], a great [4183] multitude [3793] followed [190] him [846].

⁴ And his feet [07272] shall stand [05975] in that day [03117] upon the mount [02022] of Olives [02132], which is before [06440] Jerusalem [03389] on the east [06924], and the mount [02022] of Olives [02132] shall cleave [01234] in the midst [02677] thereof toward the east [04217] and toward the west [03220], and there shall be a very [03966] great [01419] valley [01516]; and half [02677] of the mountain [02022] shall remove [04185] toward the north [06828], and half [02677] of it toward the south [05045].
⁵ And ye shall flee [05127] to the valley [01516] of the mountains [02022]; for the valley [01516] of the mountains [02022] shall reach [05060] unto Azal [0682]: yea, ye shall flee [05127], like as ye fled [05127] from before [06440] the earthquake [07494] in the days [03117] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063]: and the LORD [03068] my God [0430] shall come [0935], and all the saints [06918] with thee.
⁶ And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that the light [0216] shall not be clear [03368], nor dark [07087] [07087]:
⁷ But it shall be one [0259] day [03117] which shall be known [03045] to the LORD [03068], not day [03117], nor night [03915]: but it shall come to pass, that at evening [06153] time [06256] it shall be light [0216].
⁸ And it shall be in that day [03117], that living [02416] waters [04325] shall go out [03318] from Jerusalem [03389]; half [02677] of them toward the former [06931] sea [03220], and half [02677] of them toward the hinder [0314] sea [03220]: in summer [07019] and in winter [02779] shall it be.
⁹ And the LORD [03068] shall be king [04428] over all the earth [0776]: in that day [03117] shall there be one [0259] LORD [03068], and his name [08034] one [0259].

⁹ Rejoice [01523] greatly [03966], O daughter [01323] of Zion [06726]; shout [07321], O daughter [01323] of Jerusalem [03389]: behold, thy King [04428] cometh [0935] unto thee: he is just [06662], and having salvation [03467]; lowly [06041], and riding [07392] upon an ass [02543], and upon a colt [05895] the foal [01121] of an ass [0860].

¹ And [2532] when [3753] they drew nigh [1448] unto [1519] Jerusalem [2414], and [2532] were come [2064] to [1519] Bethphage [967], unto [4314] the mount [3735] of Olives [1636], then [5119] sent [649] Jesus [2424] two [1417] disciples [3101],
² Saying [3004] unto them [846], Go [4198] into [1519] the village [2968] over against [561] you [5216], and [2532] straightway [2112] ye shall find [2147] an ass [3688] tied [1210], and [2532] a colt [4454] with [3326] her [846]: loose [3089] them, and bring [71] them unto me [3427].
³ And [2532] if [1437] any man [5100] say [2036] ought [5100] unto you [5213], ye shall say [2046], [3754] The Lord [2962] hath [2192] need [5532] of them [846]; and [1161] straightway [2112] he will send [649] them [846].
⁴ All [1161] [3650] this [5124] was done [1096], that [2443] it might be fulfilled [4137] which [3588] was spoken [4483] by [1223] the prophet [4396], saying [3004],
⁵ Tell ye [2036] the daughter [2364] of Sion [4622], Behold [2400], thy [4675] King [935] cometh [2064] unto thee [4671], meek [4239], and [2532] sitting [1910] upon [1909] an ass [3688], and [2532] a colt [4454] the foal [5207] of an ass [5268].
⁶ And [1161] the disciples [3101] went [4198], and [2532] did [4160] as [2531] Jesus [2424] commanded [4367] them [846],
⁷ And brought [71] the ass [3688], and [2532] the colt [4454], and [2532] put [2007] on [1883] them [846] their [846] clothes [2440], and [2532] they set [1940] [1940] him thereon [1883] [846].
⁸ And [1161] a very great [4118] multitude [3793] spread [4766] their [1438] garments [2440] in [1722] the way [3598]; others [1161] [243] cut down [2875] branches [2798] from [575] the trees [1186], and [2532] strawed [4766] them in [1722] the way [3598].
⁹ And [1161] the multitudes [3793] that went before [4254], and [2532] that followed [190], cried [2896], saying [3004], Hosanna [5614] to the Son [5207] of David [1138]: Blessed [2127] is he that cometh [2064] in [1722] the name [3686] of the Lord [2962]; Hosanna [5614] in [1722] the highest [5310].

¹² On the next day [1887] much [4183] people [3793] that were come [2064] to [1519] the feast [1859], when they heard [191] that [3754] Jesus [2424] was coming [2064] to [1519] Jerusalem [2414],

²⁹ And [2532] it came to pass [1096], when [5613] he was come nigh [1448] to [1519] Bethphage [967] and [2532] Bethany [963], at [4314] the mount [3735] called [2564] the mount of Olives [1636], he sent [649] two [1417] of his [846] disciples [3101],

¹ And [2532] when [3753] they came nigh [1448] to [1519] Jerusalem [2419], unto [1519] Bethphage [967] and [2532] Bethany [963], at [4314] the mount [3735] of Olives [1636], he sendeth forth [649] two [1417] of his [846] disciples [3101],