Mark - 11:4

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4 They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 11:4.

Differing Translations

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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.
And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open street; and they loose him.
And going their way, they found the colt tied before the gate without, in the meeting of two ways: and they loose him.
And they departed, and found a colt bound to the door without at the crossway, and they loose him.
So they went and found a young ass tied up at the front door of a house. They were untying it,
And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.
They went away, and found a colt tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him.
And going out, they found the colt tied before the outer gate, at the meeting of two ways. And they untied him.
The two disciples went, and, finding a foal tethered outside a door in the street, they untied it.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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

And they went their way,.... The two disciples went to the village, where Christ sent them, without objecting any difficulties that might present, in the execution of these orders:
and found the colt tied by the door without; in the street, fastened to the door of the owner's house, at the town's end:
in a place where two ways met; to go into and out of the village; at the corner house, where two ways met; so that the place was very public, and such an affair could not be transacted, without being seen:
and they loose him; as soon as ever they came to the place, they immediately began to untie the colt, and were going away with him.

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