Mark 11:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And when they come nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage, and Bethany, unto the mount of the Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Καὶ ὅτε ἐγγίζουσιν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ, εἰς Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν, πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τῶν Ἐλαιῶν, ἀποστέλλει δύο τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ,

Transliteration

And when they engizousin to Ierousalēm, to Bēthphagē and Bēthanian, pros the oros of the Elaiōn, he apostellei two of the mathētōn of him,

Grammar Details

• *engizousin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - they draw near/approach
• *Ierousalēm*: accusative, proper noun - Jerusalem
• *Bēthphagē*: accusative, proper noun - Bethphage
• *Bēthanian*: accusative, proper noun - Bethany
• *pros*: preposition + accusative - toward/near
• *oros*: accusative, neuter, singular - mountain/hill
• *Elaiōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - of olives
• *apostellei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - he sends forth
• *mathētōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of disciples

Word Meanings

• *engizousin*: approach/draw near/come close to
• *pros*: toward/near/at/with
• *oros*: mountain/hill/mount
• *apostellei*: sends forth/dispatches/commissions

Referenced Verses

• Zech 14:4 : 4 And stood have His feet, in that day, On the mount of Olives, That `is' before Jerusalem eastward, And cleft hath been the mount of Olives at its midst, To the east, and to the west, a very great valley, And removed hath the half of the mount towards the north. And its half towards the south.
• Matt 21:1-9 : 1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her -- having loosed, bring ye to me; 3 and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.' 4 And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 5 `Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.' 6 And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them, 7 brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set `him' upon them; 8 and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way, 9 and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.' 10 And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?' 11 And the multitudes said, `This is Jesus the prophet, who `is' from Nazareth of Galilee.'
• Matt 21:17 : 17 And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,
• Matt 24:3 : 3 And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what `is' the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'
• Matt 26:30 : 30 And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives;
• Mark 14:13 : 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, `Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him;
• Luke 19:29-40 : 29 And it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples, 30 having said, Go away to the village over-against, in which, entering into, ye shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring `it'; 31 and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose `it'? thus ye shall say to him -- The Lord hath need of it.' 32 And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them, 33 and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, `Why loose ye the colt?' 34 and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;' 35 and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it. 36 And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way, 37 and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen, 38 saying, `blessed `is' he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.' 39 And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;' 40 and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!'
• John 8:1 : 1 And at dawn he came again to the temple,
• John 12:14-19 : 14 and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written, 15 `Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass' colt.' 16 And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him. 17 The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead; 18 because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign, 19 the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, `Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'
• Acts 1:12 : 12 Then did they return to Jerusalem from the mount that is called of Olives, that is near Jerusalem, a sabbath's journey;
• Mark 6:7 : 7 and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,
• Mark 13:3 : 3 And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,
• 2 Sam 15:30 : 30 And David is going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping, and he hath the head covered, and he is going barefooted, and all the people who `are' with him have covered each his head, and have gone up, going up and weeping;