Matthew 21:6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
How exciting for the followers of Jesus... three years into His ministry and what a welcome He receives when He enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday! I can imagine they were thinking that everything was finally coming together - all the sacrifices they had made in their lives throughout those years were now paying off - Jesus was finally being recognized as the man who came "in the name of the Lord". Of course, the people in the city weren't capable of comprehending who Jesus really was, but at this point the disciples couldn't completely understand His divinity either. All they knew for sure was that on this day things were looking pretty good for Jesus and His ministry.
They didn't have a clue what was going to happen in just a matter of days...
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