Luke 19:29

29 And it fortuned when he was come nye to Bethphage and Bethany besydes moute olivete he sent two of his disciples

Luke 19:29 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:29

And it came to pass when he was come nigh
The other evangelists, Matthew and Mark, add "unto Jerusalem"; but this Luke designs afterwards, ( Luke 19:37 ) and therefore here means, as is expressed, that he was come nigh

to Bethphage and Bethany;
two tracts of land which reached from Mount Olivet to Jerusalem; so that when he was there, he was nigh unto the city:

at the mount, called [the Mount] of Olives;
or "Elaion", as the Ethiopic version, which retains the Greek word for it; and which has its name from the great number of olive trees that grew upon it:

he sent two of his disciples;
their names are not mentioned by any of the evangelists, but it is very probable they were Peter and John; of the places here mentioned; (See Gill on Matthew 21:1).

Luke 19:29 In-Context

27 Moreover those myne enemys which wolde not that I shuld raigne over them bringe hidder and slee them before me.

28 And when he had thus spoken he proceded forthe before a ssendinge vp to Ierusalem.

29 And it fortuned when he was come nye to Bethphage and Bethany besydes moute olivete he sent two of his disciples

30 sayinge: Goo ye in to the toune which is over agaynste you. In the which assone as ye are come ye shall finde a colte tyed wheron yet never man sate. Lowse him and bringe him hider.

31 And if eny man axe you why that ye loowse him: thus saye vnto him ye lorde hath nede of him.