Chapter 21:
"...Jesus sent 2 disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me....
The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them."
I am just having trouble envisioning how he sat on both of them, and why?
Please be respectful in your answers, thanks.
2007-04-17 14:34:08 · 8 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-04-17 14:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is most obvious that the Savior did not sit on both animals at the same time, but probably at intervals IF He rode them both. Common sense needs to be applied here. The clothes, not cloaks, that are mentioned in verse 7, indicates to me that they were the travelers' belongings.
The colt was wanted because the donkey was apparently its mother. Separating them would have caused a problem, don't you think?
The Savior rode the donkey as a sign of humility and fulfilment of prophecy.
2007-04-17 21:44:12 · answer #2 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
. One theory is Roman Riding. That is a stunt riding trick where you stand with one foot on the back of each horse or pony or ,in this case, donkey, and guide them with long reins.
The other is that it is a misinterpretation and misunderstanding of a Jewish writing style where a word is repeated variously for emphasis while referring to a singular thing. This was then made into Jesus fulfilling a 'prophecy' by riding a jenny and her offspring when in the older text it was simply a young donkey.
Riding a donkey was not a sign of humility. It was a different culture. Donkeys were perfectly acceptable riding beasts. The most common beast of burden. Horses were used as animals of warfare.
2007-04-17 21:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by February Rain 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because major parts of the Gospels are simply copied from the Old Testament, and some of the translations they were working from were vague or incorrect.
It explains many conflicting stories in the Gospels.
They weren't writing down what was witnessed by anyone, they were modifying stories from available copies of the Hebrew Scriptures. Or Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures with known errors. Many of the errors became central points of Christian faith.
Most of the healing miracles, the raising of dead children and the feeding of the 5,000 are all copied and modified from the stories of Elijah and Elishah in the Book of Kings I & II.
2007-04-17 21:47:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Matthew 16:23
Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."
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2007-04-17 21:40:26 · answer #5 · answered by charles b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's not how the King James Version reads:
"And brought the a--, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon."
2007-04-17 21:40:09 · answer #6 · answered by Free To Be Me 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the "them" in question refers to the cloaks, not the two animals. :-)
2007-04-17 21:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
guitarpicker56 nailed it. that is the correct answer.
2007-04-17 21:52:13 · answer #8 · answered by KT 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋