Luke 19:34

Modern

“The Lord needs it,” they answered.

Traditional

And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

Literal

And they said, “The Lord has need of it.”

Latin

At illi dixerunt: Quia Dominus eum necessarium habet.

Greek

English

“The Lord needs it,” they answered.

Jesus entered Jerusalem in triumph. This fulfilled Zechariah 9:9–10 and symbolically announced that he was the Messiah, the King of Israel.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
John 10:35
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
John 12:16
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.