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away and found the colt just as the Lord had told them. When they were asked why they were un tying the colt, they replied, "Because the Lord needs it" (v. 34). Then they brought the colt to Jesus, "and throwing their garments on the colt, they put Jesus on it" (v. 35).
It may seem that the preparation of the colt was not a great matter. Actually, for the colt to be prepared in such a mysterious way was some thing great. Only the Creator of the universe could do such a thing. No doubt, the Lord Jesus is the real King. He spoke a brief word to His disciples concerning the colt. When they took His word and acted on it, everything happened exactly as He said it would.
Luke 19:37 and 38 say, "And as He was already drawing near to the descent of the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began, as they were rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had seen, saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" The disciples who brought the colt to the Lord Jesus may have taken the lead to be excited, for they believed that the trium phant entry into the capital was for the purpose of taking over the country.