Mark 11:2-4

11:2 and said to them, “Go to the village ahead of you. ¹  As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. ²  Untie it and bring it here. 11:3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it ³  and will send it back here soon.’” 11:4 So ⁴  they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it.

[11:2]  ¹ tn Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).

[11:2]  ² tn Grk “a colt tied there on which no one of men has ever sat.”

[11:3]  ³ sn The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

[11:4]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.