Matthew 21:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When Jesus and his disciples came near Jerusalem, he went to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives and sent two of them on ahead.

Cross References

Zechariah 14:4

He will take his stand on the Mount of Olives east of Jerusalem, and the mountain will split in half, forming a wide valley that runs from east to west.

Matthew 20:34

Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Straight away they could see, and they became his followers.

Matthew 21:2

He told them, “Go into the next village, where you will at once find a donkey and her colt. Untie the two donkeys and bring them to me.

Matthew 24:3

Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him in private and asked, “When will this happen? What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the world?”

Matthew 26:30

Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

Mark 13:3

Later, as Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives across from the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him in private.

Mark 14:26

Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

Luke 21:37

Jesus taught in the temple each day, and he spent each night on the Mount of Olives.

Luke 22:39

Jesus went out to the Mount of Olives, as he often did, and his disciples went with him.

John 8:1

but Jesus walked out to the Mount of Olives.

Acts 1:12

The Mount of Olives was about a kilometre from Jerusalem. The apostles who had gone there were Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon, known as the Eager One, and Judas the son of James. After the apostles returned to the city, they went upstairs to the room where they had been staying.