Charles Ellicott Commentary Mark 11:4

"And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door without in the open street; and they loose him." — Mark 11:4 (ASV)

Without in a place where two ways met.—Each touch is characteristic of Saint Mark, and implies personal observation on the part of his informant. The colt was at the door—outside, not inside, the courtyard; it was not at “a place,” but at “the place,” as we speak of “the cross-roads,” where two ways met.