Luke 19:31

31 et si quis vos interrogaverit quare solvitis sic dicetis ei quia Dominus operam eius desiderat

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 et factum est cum adpropinquasset ad Bethfage et Bethania ad montem qui vocatur Oliveti misit duos discipulos suos

30 dicens ite in castellum quod contra est in quod introeuntes invenietis pullum asinae alligatum cui nemo umquam hominum sedit solvite illum et adducite

31 et si quis vos interrogaverit quare solvitis sic dicetis ei quia Dominus operam eius desiderat

32 abierunt autem qui missi erant et invenerunt sicut dixit illis stantem pullum

33 solventibus autem illis pullum dixerunt domini eius ad illos quid solvitis pullum