John Gill's Exposition on Luke 19:30

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Saying, go ye into the village over against [you], etc.] What village this was, is not said by any of the evangelists; it seems to be either Bethany, or Nob; and rather the latter, since the village of Bethany was fifteen furlongs, or near two miles from Jerusalem, (<431118>John 11:18) and therefore must have been passed by Christ; whereas the tract called Bethany, at the Mount of Olives where Christ now was, was but a sabbath day's journey, or about a mile, (<422450>Luke 24:50) compared with (<440112>Acts 1:12). (See Gill on “<402102>Matthew 21:2”) in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied: in (<402102>Matthew 21:2) it is said, an ass, and a colt with her; which agrees with the prophecy in (<380909>Zechariah 9:9) and which, no doubt, was matter of fact: nor does Mark and Luke contradict it, though they do not express it: whereon yet never man sat, loose him, and bring [him] hither; for it seems that Christ stayed at the above place, until the disciples went and fetched it.

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