1 Kings 14:5

14:5 But the Lord had told Ahijah, “Look, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. ¹  When she comes, she will be in a disguise.”

Mark 11:2-6

11:2 and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you. ²  As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ³  Untie it and bring it here. 11:3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it ⁴  and will send it back here soon.’” 11:4 So ⁵  they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it. 11:5 Some people standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 11:6 They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders ⁶  let them go.

Mark 14:13-16

14:13 He sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar ⁷  of water will meet you. Follow him. 14:14 Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ 14:15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” 14:16 So ⁸  the disciples left, went ⁹  into the city, and found things just as he had told them, ¹⁰  and they prepared the Passover.

¹ sn Tell her so-and-so. Certainly the Lord gave Ahijah a specific message to give to Jeroboam’s wife (see vv. 6-16), but the author of Kings here condenses the Lord’s message with the words “so-and-so.” For dramatic effect he prefers to have us hear the message from Ahijah’s lips as he speaks to the king’s wife.

² tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).

³ tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

⁴ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

⁶ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people mentioned in v. 5) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ sn Since women usually carried these jars, it would have been no problem for the two disciples (Luke 22:8 states that they were Peter and John) to recognize the man Jesus was referring to.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the flow within the narrative.

⁹ tn Grk “and came.”

¹⁰ sn The author’s note that the disciples found things just as he had told them shows that Jesus’ word could be trusted.