{"id":22374,"date":"2025-02-18T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T19:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/?p=22374"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T19:50:47","slug":"luke-1930-32-did-jesus-sin-by-telling-the-disciples-to-take-a-donkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/luke-1930-32-did-jesus-sin-by-telling-the-disciples-to-take-a-donkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke 19:30-32 – Did Jesus sin by telling the disciples to take a donkey?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem:<\/strong> Did Jesus sin by telling the disciples to take a donkey in Matt. 21:1-3, Mark 11:2-3; Luke 19:30\u201332?\u00a0 There are two main reasons why He did not. First, since Jesus is God in the flesh (John 1:1, 14; Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:8), the Scriptures about God owning everything applies to Him. Therefore, he could not steal because, ultimately, the donkey and colt belonged to Him. Please consider the following verses.
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\nSolution:<\/strong> Psalm 24:1, \u201cThe earth is the Lord\u2019s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it.\u201d
\nPsalm 50:10\u201311, \u201cFor every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. 11 \u201cI know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is Mine.\u201d
\n1 Cor. 10:25\u201326, \u201cEat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience\u2019 sake; 26 for the earth is the Lord\u2019s, and all it contains.\u201d<\/p>\n

So very quickly, we see that God owns everything, even the donkey and colt. Therefore, He could not have stolen them, which was not a sin.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s look at the three accounts of the same of Jesus and the donkey in the gospels to see whether or not it was a sin.<\/p>\n

Matt. 21:1\u20133, \u201cWhen they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, \u2018Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. 3 \u201cIf anyone says anything to you, you shall say, \u2018The Lord has need of them,\u2019 and immediately he will send them.\u2019\u201c<\/p>\n

Mark 11:2\u20133, \u201cand said to them, \u201cGo into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. 3 \u201cIf anyone says to you, \u2018Why are you doing this?\u2019 you say, \u2018The Lord has need of it\u2019; and immediately he will send it back here.\u2019 They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they untied it. 5 Some of the bystanders were saying to them, \u201cWhat are you doing, untying the colt?\u201d 6 They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luke 19:30\u201331, \u201csaying, \u201cGo into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. 31 \u201cIf anyone asks you, \u2018Why are you untying it?\u2019 you shall say, \u2018The Lord has need of it.\u2019 32 So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, \u201cWhy are you untying the colt?\u201d 34 They said, \u201cThe Lord has need of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previous Contact with Jesus?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The phrase the disciples are told to say to the animals\u2019 owner is, \u201cThe Lord has need of it.\u201d It doesn\u2019t have any contextual preparation for the owner. Perhaps the owner of the animals had already encountered Jesus, and it was pre-arranged. After all, we see such a pre-arrangement in Mark 14:13-16 where the disciples are told to find a man carrying a waterpot and inquire about a Passover room \u2013 which had already been prepared. They were not aware of it, but Jesus was. This is either by supernatural intervention or by previous arrangement.<\/p>\n

Permission from the owner<\/strong><\/p>\n

So Jesus tells them that they will find a donkey with a colt. He instructs them to untie them and bring them. Furthermore, if anyone asks what they\u2019re doing, they must say, \u201cThe Lord has need of them.\u201d At this, he will permit it. The permission of the owner means it is not theft.<\/p>\n

Explanation to the crowd<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark 11:5- 6 says some bystanders were asking why they were untying the colt, and upon explanation, they permitted the disciples. So it seems that Jesus was giving the disciples instructions as it would relate to the owner and bystanders. Interestingly, the bystanders would agree to let Jesus use the donkey. They undoubtedly knew who He was and would know it was never theft. Otherwise, why would \u201cLord\u201d be used, and why would the bystanders understand so easily?\u00a0 So no, Jesus did not sin by taking the donkey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Problem: Did Jesus sin by telling the disciples to take a donkey in Matt. 21:1-3, Mark 11:2-3; Luke 19:30\u201332?\u00a0 There are two main reasons why He did not. First, since Jesus is God in the flesh (John 1:1, 14; Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:8), the Scriptures about God owning everything applies to Him. Therefore, he couldContinue reading →<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pathway2truth.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}