Mark 11:10

10 Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our forefather David! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"

Mark 11:10 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 11:10

Blessed be the kingdom of our father David
It was more usual with the Jews to call Abraham their father; but, because the Messiah was David's son, therefore, with respect to him, they here call him their father: and their meaning is, let the kingdom promised to our father David, and to his seed for ever,

that cometh in the name of the Lord;
which is now coming, and appears in the auspicious reign and government of his son, the Messiah, who is clothed with majesty and authority; be prosperous and successful and be established, and endure for ever; to the glory and happiness of him as king, and of all the subjects of it. Unless the words should be rendered, as by their situation they may be, thus, "blessed be the kingdom that cometh in the name of the Lord, of our father David"; and the sense be, let the kingdom of the Messiah, which is now come, and is set up in his name, who, as God, is David s Lord, greatly flourish, and long continue; may its king be blessed, and all its subjects happy. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, leave out the clause, "in the name of the Lord"; it is also left out in Beza's ancient copy, and in another; but the Ethiopic version retains it, reading it "in the name of God". It is added,

Hosanna in the highest: (See Gill on Matthew 21:9).

Mark 11:10 In-Context

8 Then many spread their outer garments to carpet the road, and others leafy branches which they had cut down in the fields;

9 while those who led the way and those who followed kept shouting "God save Him!" Blessed be He who comes in the Lord's name.

10 Blessings on the coming Kingdom of our forefather David! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"

11 So He came into Jerusalem and into the Temple; and after looking round upon everything there, the hour being now late He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

12 The next day, after they had left Bethany, He was hungry.