Psalms 24:1

Psalm 24 ¹ 

A psalm of David.

24:1 The Lord owns the earth and all it contains,

the world and all who live in it.

Psalms 50:10-12

50:10 For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me,

as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. ² 

50:11 I keep track of ³  every bird in the hills,

and the insects ⁴  of the field are mine.

50:12 Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you,

for the world and all it contains belong to me.

Matthew 21:2-3

21:2 telling them, “Go to the village ahead of you. ⁵  Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ ⁶  and he will send them at once.”

Mark 11:3-6

11:3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it ⁷  and will send it back here soon.’” 11:4 So ⁸  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 ⁹  let them go.

Acts 10:36

10:36 You know ¹⁰  the message ¹¹  he sent to the people ¹²  of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace ¹³  through ¹⁴  Jesus Christ ¹⁵  (he is Lord ¹⁶  of all) –

¹ sn Psalm 24. The psalmist affirms the universal kingship of the sovereign creator, reminds his people that only the morally pure are qualified to worship him, and celebrates his splendor as a mighty warrior king.

² tn Heb “[the] animals on a thousand hills.” The words “that graze” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The term בְּהֵמוֹה (bÿhemot, “animal”) refers here to cattle (see Ps 104:14).

³ tn Heb “I know.”

⁴ tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.

⁵ tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).

⁶ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

⁷ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

⁹ tn Grk “they”; the referent (the people mentioned in v. 5) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn The subject and verb (“you know”) do not actually occur until the following verse, but have been repeated here because of the requirements of English word order.

¹¹ tn Grk “the word.”

¹² tn Grk “to the sons.”

¹³ sn Peace is a key OT concept: Isa 52:7; Nah 1:15; also for Luke: Luke 1:79; 2:14; Acts 9:31. See also the similar phrase in Eph 2:17.

¹⁴ tn Or “by.”

¹⁵ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

¹⁶ sn He is Lord of all. Though a parenthetical remark, this is the theological key to the speech. Jesus is Lord of all, so the gospel can go to all. The rest of the speech proclaims Jesus’ authority.