João 12

The Triumphal Entry

12 The next day a large crowd that had come to the feast,*If they had "come" to the feast, they were not local residents. As Matthew 21:10 makes clear, the locals did not know what was going on. when they heard*I wonder how that happened. that Jesus was coming into Jerusalem, 13 took branches from palm trees and went out to meet Him. And they started shouting:

"Hosanna!"

"Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!"*This is a quote from Psalm 118:26, where "the Lord" is Jehovah.

"King of Israel!"*Comparing the parallel accounts, we get a better idea of the variety of expression: "Hosanna to the Son of David!" "Hosanna in the highest!" "Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

14 And finding a young donkey Jesus sat on it; just as it is written:

15 "Fear no more, daughter of Zion.

Look, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!"*See Zechariah 9:9.

16 (Now His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him, and they had done them to Him.)*Presumably the Holy Spirit was involved in this—John 14:26, 1 Corinthians 2:13. The ‘remembering’ would not necessarily have been immediate or automatic.

17 So the crowd that had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify. 18 That is also why the crowd met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said among themselves: "You can see that you are not making any difference! Just look, the world has gone off after Him!"