What Does Matthew 21:4 Mean?

“this”

that thing

“All”

but, and, etc

"whole" or "all", i.e., complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb

“was done”

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

“that”

in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)

“it might be fulfilled”

to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute

“which”

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“was spoken”

to utter, i.e., speak or say

“by”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

“which”

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the prophet”

a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet

“saying”

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an