Study 43. Luke 19:28-40. 12/1/24
Jesus travels westward from Jericho, reaches Bethany at the eastward slopes of the Mount of Olives (2 miles from Jerusalem, Jn 11:18), and along the road to Jerusalem reaches a lookout point. As in 22:13 Jesus either displays divine foreknowledge or prearrangement that His disciples were unaware of until called on to obey. So it is with our response to the Lord. We trust that He knows and has made arrangements that we do not see. A colt never previously ridden was thus unspoiled by previous use and was suitable for sacred purposes (cf. Num. 19:2; 1 Sam. 6:7). Jesus adds the password to be used if anyone hinders them: The Lord has need of it. The disciples obeyed instructions and the colt’s owners responded to the information that the Lord needed the animal. The plural, its owners, may point to poverty. Even so small an animal was shared. Matthew 21:3 mentions both a donkey and the colt. Luke only mentions the colt, on which Jesus was to ride. Luke says nothin...