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29. ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ds ἤγγισεν eis Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν πρὸς τὸ
ὄρος τὸ καλούμενον ἐλαιῶν,
ἀπέστειλε δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ,
30. επών, “ Ὑπάγετε eis τὴν κατέναντι κώµην' ἐν ᾗ εἴσπορευόμενοι εὑρήσετε πῶλον δεδεµένον, ἐφ᾽ Sv οὐδεὶς πώποτε ἀνθρώπων ἐκάθισε: λύσαντες ὃ αὐτὸν ἀγάγετε. 31. καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμᾶς ἐρωτᾷ, Διατί λύετε;
οὕτως ἐρεῖτε αὐτῷ, Ὅτι ὁ Κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει."
32. Απελ-
θόντες δὲ οἱ ἀπεσταλμένοι εὗρον καθὼς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς' 33. λυόντων δὲ αὐτῶν τὸν πῶλον, εἶπον οἱ κύριοι αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς, “Ti λύετε τὸν
πῶλον ;
34. Οἱ δὲ εἶπον, “‘O Κύριος αὐτοῦ Χρείαν ἔχει.
35. Καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν: καὶ ἐπιρρίψαντες ἑαυτῶν ὅ
τὰ ἵμάτια ἐπὶ τὸν πῶλον, ἐπεβίβασαν τὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν. δὲ αὐτοῦ " ὑπεστρώννυον τὰ μάτια αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ.
k here only i Le
36. πορευοµένου 37- Ἐγγί-
ii. Ὄοντος δὲ αὐτοῦ ἤδη πρὸς τῇ καταβάσει τοῦ Gpous τῶν ἐλαιῶν, ἤρξαντο ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν μαθητῶν Χαίροντες αἰνεῖν τὸν Θεὸν
2 Omit αντου δ9ΒΙ, πιίπαςο. (found in D αἰ.).
1λεγων in BDL 13, 69. 4 Omit avtw SBDL minusc. 6 avrwy in NBDLA 1, 13, etc.
parable. Asa note of time the expression is sufficiently vague, for we do not know when or where the parable was spoken, nor how much time intervened between its utterance and the commencement of the ascent. It is simply one of Lk.’s formule of transition.—épmpooGev = eis τὸ ἔμπροσθεν, not before them, but for- wards: iter suum continuabat, Kypke.— ἀναβαίνων, going up. A constant ascent, steep and rugged.
Vv. 29-38. The triumphal entry into Ferusalem (Mt. xx. 1-11, Mk. xi. 1-11).— Βηθφαγὴ. Following Lightfoot and Renan, Godet regards this as the name not of a village but of a suburban dis- trict included for passover purposes in the holy city, pilgrims to the feast find- ing quarters in it. The reference to the two places Bethphage and Bethany is obscure and confusing.—éAat@v, com- mentators dispute whether the word should be accentuated thus, making it genitive plural of ἑλαία, or ἐλαιών, making it nominative singular of a name for the place = Olivetum, olive grove. W. and H. print it with the circumflex accent, and Field (Οἱ. Nor.) and Hahn take the same view.—Vv. 31-34. The sending of two disciples for the colt is related as in Mt. and Mk., but with a little more of Greek in the style. The remark about the owners sending it (Mt.) or Jesus re- turning it (Mk.) is omitted. On the
? BDL 157 prefix και. * ort before ο kup. in SABDL al. pl. 7Soin SDL. B has here εαυτων.
other hand, Lk. alone states that the two disciples found matters as the Master had said (ver. 32). In ver. 33 ot κύριοι suggests a plurality of owners.—Ver. 35. ἐπιρρίψαντες: the participle is used to relieve the monotony of the paratactic construction (καὶ, καὶ, καὶ in Mt. and Mk.) ; the word occurs here only and in 1 Pet. v. 7, g.v.—émweBl(Bacav, helped to mount, as in Lk. x. 34, Acts xxili. 24; a technical term, possibly used here to add pomp to the scene.—Ver. 36. τὰ ἱμάτια, their garments, but no mention οἱ branches in Lk., possibly from a feeling that they would be an encumbrance.— Ver. 37. ἐγγίζοντος: Lk. is thinking ot Jerusalem = when He wasnearing thecity. The next clause, πρὸς τῇ καταβάσει, is added to define more precisely the point reached = at the descent of the mount. They had got over the ridge to the western slope.—xaraBaoet, here only in Ν.Τ.--ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος: Mt. and Mk. divide the crowd into those going before and those following.—Svvapewv: this reference to miracles as the occasion of praise is peculiar to Lk. That Galilean pilgrims should remember gratefully the healing ministry at that moment was very natural. Yet Lk.’s explanation of the popular enthusiasm, while true, may be far from exhaustive.—Ver. 38. A free reproduction of the popular acclaim as reported by Mt. and Mk., not without