Mark 11:4-6

The people standing by may have been or at least included the owner of the animals (Luke 19:33). Perhaps the synoptic writers recorded the disciples’ obedience in such detail because the untying of the colt may have been a messianic sign (cf. Genesis 49:8-12). Pre-Christian Jewish texts interpreted Genesis 49:10 as messianic. [Note: Ibid., p. 395.]