12 The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

13 Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

14 And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say,

15 Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

18 And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

19 Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

12 No dia seguinte, a notícia de que Jesus ia a caminho de Jerusalém espalhou-se pela cidade, e uma multidão enorme de gente de fora que tinha ido para celebrar a Páscoa pegou em ramos de palmeira, veio ao seu encontro e seguiu pela estrada adiante, gritando: Glória a Deus! Bendito o rei de Israel, que vem em nome do Senhor!

16 Naquela altura, os discípulos não compreenderam que era o cumprimento duma profecia. Somente depois de Jesus ter voltado para a sua glória no céu é que repararam no cumprimento das profecias das Escrituras a seu respeito.

17 E aqueles dentre a multidão que tinham visto Jesus chamar Lázaro de novo à vida contavam o caso aos restantes. Foi esse o principal motivo que levou tantos a saírem ao seu encontro, por terem ouvido falar neste grandioso milagre.

19 Os fariseus disseram entre si: Perdemos! Olhem como todo o povo vai atrás dele!