Luke 19:31

31 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.

Luke 19:31 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:31

And if any man ask you, why do ye loose [him]?
&c.] As our Lord, being God omniscient, knew this question would be asked by the owners, and therefore prepares his disciples with an answer to it:

thus shall ye say unto him, because the Lord hath need of him.
The Syriac and Persic versions read "our Lord", yours, and ours; probably the owners of the colt might be such as knew the Lord Jesus Christ, and by this way of speaking of him, knew, at once, who was meant, and so made no scruple of sending him, as Christ told them(See Gill on :) (See Gill on Mark 9:3)

Luke 19:31 In-Context

29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,

30 Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever hath sitten: loose him and bring him hither.

31 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.

32 And they that were sent went their way and found the colt standing, as he said unto them.

33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them: Why loose you the colt?