Luke 19:31
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
KJV
καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμᾶς ἐρωτᾷ· διατί λύετε; οὕτως ἐρεῖτε· ὅτι ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει.
Greek NT
Et si quis vos interrogaverit : Quare solvitis ? sic dicetis ei : Quia Dominus operam ejus desiderat.
Vulgate
And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.
ASV
And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? You shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἐρεῖτε — SBLGNT
- ἐρεῖτε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 10:36 — The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
- Mark 11:3 — And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
- Matt 21:2 — Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
- Ps 50:10 — For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.