Bible Strands
Matthew 21:6
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The disciples act immediately after Jesus directs them to secure a donkey and colt, fulfilling the preceding prophecy regarding the King's arrival.
The words — Πορευθέντες (Poreuthentes) = having gone, and συνέταξεν (sunetaxen) = directed, frame the verse's emphasis on the disciples' physical movement and precise compliance with Jesus' specific instruction.
The thread — This structural pattern of immediate obedience to divine direction recurs in Genesis 6:22, Genesis 12:4, and Exodus 39:43, where each account records a figure acting precisely as commanded.
Why it lands — The text records the disciples' unhesitating execution of a direct command, requiring readers to treat obedience as the immediate implementation of received instruction rather than a delayed or negotiated response.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
Cross-references
- Genesis 6:22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- Exodus 39:43 And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
- Exodus 40:16 Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- 1 Samuel 15:11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
- John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.