1 When Jesusand his disciples came near Jerusalem, he went to Bethphageon the Mount of Olivesand sent two of them on ahead. 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. 3 If anyone asks why you are doing this, just say, ‘The Lord21.3 The Lord: Or "The master of the donkeys."needs them.’ He will at once let you have the donkeys."
4 So God’s promise came true, just as the prophet had said,
5 Zec 9.9."Announce to the people
of Jerusalem:
‘Your king is coming to you!
He is humble
and rides on a donkey.
He comes on the colt
of a donkey.’ "
6 The disciples left and did what Jesushad told them to do. 7 They brought the donkey and its colt and laid some clothes on their backs. Then Jesus got on.
8 Many people spread clothes in the road, while others put down branches21.8 spread clothes … put down branches: This was one way that the Jewish people welcomed a famous person.which they had cut from trees. 9 Ps 118.25,26.Some people walked ahead of Jesus and others followed behind. They were all shouting,
"Hooray21.9 Hooray: This translates a word that can mean "please save us." But it is most often used as a shout of praise to God.for the Son of David!21.9 Son of David: See the note at 9.27.
God bless the one who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hooray for God
in heaven above!"
10 When Jesus came to Jerusalem, everyone in the city was excited and asked, "Who can this be?"
11 The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazarethin Galilee."
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
The Mount of Olives is a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus spent the nights while teaching each day at the temple and where David went up weeping, his head covered (Luke 21:37).
Zion is the fortress David captured, which became the City of David; the people of the Lord live there, and it was foretold that Zion would be plowed like a field (2 Samuel 5:7).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, was born of Mary in Bethlehem, proclaimed the kingdom of God, died by crucifixion under Pontius Pilate, and was raised on the third day (Matthew 1:16).
Nazareth is the town in Galilee where Jesus had been brought up and where, on the Sabbath day, he went into the synagogue and stood up to read (Luke 4:16).
Galilee is the land of Nazareth and Cana, from where Jesus came to be baptized by John in the Jordan and from where crowds and women followed him (Mark 1:9).