Mark 11:6

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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ἀφῆκαν

aphíēmi

G863

“to send away”

Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural

Appears 143× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 3:15

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G575 and hiemi (to send, an intens. form of eimi, to go)

TDNT: 09:29,9

1. to send away a. to bid going away or depart 1. of a husband divorcing his wife b. to send forth, yield up, to expire c. to let go, let alone, let be 1. to disregard 2. to leave, not to discuss now, (a topic) 1c 2. of teachers, writers and speakers 1. to omit, neglect a. to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit b. to give up, keep no longer 3. to permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person 4. to leave, go way from one a. in order to go to another place b. to depart from any one c. to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned d. to desert wrongfully e. to go away leaving something behind f. to leave one by not taking him as a companion g. to leave on dying, leave behind one h. to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining i. abandon, leave destitute

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

11: words
8: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

εἶπαν to say G3004 ×2
οἱ the G3588 ×2
αὐτοῖς he G846 ×2

Commentary

Notes on Mark 11:6 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6. And they let them go.] Having a full assurance that the beast should be safely and speedily restored.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And they said unto them,.... The very express words,

even as Jesus had commanded: not that these were the words they said, but "the Lord hath need of him": upon which they said no more, were satisfied and contented, that they should untie the colt, and take it with them:

and they let them go; and the colt with them, very freely; See Gill on Mat 21:6.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.

Ver. 6. {See Trapp on "Mat 21:6"} {See Trapp on "Luk 19:34"} {See Trapp on "Luk 19:35"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

6. καθώς. Even as. They delivered Christ’s message exactly. Lk. transfers καθώς to their experiences; everything happened exactly as He had foretold.

ἀφῆκαν αὐτούς. The owners let the two disciples go with the colt. They knew ὁ κύριος by reputation and were sure that He would be as good as His word about sending the colt back. They might even “be proud that it should be used by the Prophet” (Swete).

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

6. καὶ ἀφῆκαν αὐτούς—and they permitted them, put no hinderance in their way. The expression is elliptical, the full statement including the thing permitted.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 11 words (8 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is aphíēmi (“to send away”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to send away” (aphíēmi) contribute to the verse as a whole?
What does the repetition of “to say” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Compare how Adam Clarke's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
“to say” occurs 2× in this single verse.
8 distinct Greek lemmas span 11 words in this verse.