Matthew 21:4
New International Version
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

New Living Translation
This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said,

English Standard Version
This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

Berean Literal Bible
And this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet, saying,

King James Bible
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

New King James Version
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

New American Standard Bible
Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:

NASB 1995
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

NASB 1977
Now this took place that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And this took place in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

Amplified Bible
This happened so that what was spoken by the prophet would be fulfilled, saying:

Christian Standard Bible
This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

American Standard Version
Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But this that happened was so that the thing that was spoken by the Prophet would be fulfilled which says:

Contemporary English Version
So God's promise came true, just as the prophet had said,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

English Revised Version
Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This happened so that what the prophet had said came true:

Good News Translation
This happened in order to make come true what the prophet had said:

International Standard Version
Now this happened to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet when he said,

Literal Standard Version
And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,

Majority Standard Bible
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

New American Bible
This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

NET Bible
This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

New Revised Standard Version
This took place to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, saying,

New Heart English Bible
This took place that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Weymouth New Testament
This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction might be fulfilled:

World English Bible
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,

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Context
The Triumphal Entry
3If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.” 4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: 5“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”…

Cross References
Matthew 21:3
If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."

Mark 11:7
Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.

Luke 19:35
Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

John 12:12
The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.


Treasury of Scripture

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

this.

Matthew 1:22
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Matthew 26:56
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

John 19:36,37
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken…

saying.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

John 12:15
Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

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Matthew 21
1. Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey
12. drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
17. curses the fig tree;
23. puts to silence the priests and elders,
28. and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons,
33. and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them.














(4) All this was done.--The Evangelist returns to the formula of Matthew 1:22. Literally, all this has come to pass. The words are his comment on the act. At the time (as we find from John 12:16) the disciples did not understand its significance as connected with the prophecy that follows. The purpose lay in the mind of their Master, not in theirs. It is significant of what St. John records that neither St. Mark nor St. Luke alludes to the prophecy.

Verse 4. - All this was done; now (δὲ) all this hath come to pass. Many manuscripts omit "all," but it is probably genuine, as in other similar passages; e.g., Matthew 1:22; Matthew 26:56. This observation of the evangelist is intended to convey the truth that Christ was acting consciously on the lines of old prophecy, working out the will of God declared beforehand by divinely inspired seers. The disciples acted in blind obedience to Christ's command, not knowing that they were thus fulfilling prophecy, or having any such purpose in mind. The knowledge came afterwards (see John 12:16). That it might be fulfilled (ἵνα πληρωθῇ). The conjuction in this phrase is certainly used in its final, not in a consecutive or ecbatie sense; it denotes the purpose or design of the action of Christ, not the result. Not only the will of the Father, but the words of Scripture, had delineated the life of Christ, and in obeying that will he purposed to show that he fulfilled the prophecies which spake of him. Thus any who knew the Scriptures, and were open to conviction, might see that it was he alone to whom these ancient oracles pointed, and in him alone were their words accomplished. By (through, διά) the prophet. Zechariah 9:9, with a hint of Isaiah 62:11, a quotation being often woven from two or more passages (see on Matthew 27:9).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
This
Τοῦτο (Touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

took place
γέγονεν (gegonen)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

to
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

fulfill
πληρωθῇ (plērōthē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4137: From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.

what
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

was spoken
ῥηθὲν (rhēthen)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.

through
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophet:
προφήτου (prophētou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.


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