“And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.”
If anyone asks you, why are you doing this? say, the Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly — the Lord needs it: the claim of lordship over someone else's property communicates the sovereign authority of the king who can requisition what he requires. The will send it back here shortly communicates that this is not a taking but a borrowing — the animal's owner is respected. The fact that the two disciples find everything exactly as described confirms the divine foreknowledge that the instructions communicated.
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