And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
His royal entry into Jerusalem stirred the whole city into commotion and awakened deep public interest in who he was. He came with a large rejoicing company riding on a donkey while the crowd honored him as king with palm branches and spread garments, the hillsides echoing with shouts. The city's question was answered by identifying him as Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee, whom his followers confessed as the promised Messiah, the King of Peace, Immanuel, David's Branch, the Lamb who takes away the world's sin, and the Redeemer. His coming as the just, saving and lowly king fulfilled Zechariah's prophecy of humble kingship and Isaiah's picture of God coming to shepherd His flock. The public demonstration brought him before all as Redeemer to direct minds to his coming sacrifice for the world's sins as the voluntary antitypical Passover Lamb, even as priests and rulers rejected the witness and his tears over the rejoicing city became final appeals to a people facing doom.
Entry Stirs Jerusalem
The royal entry into Jerusalem stirred the whole city into commotion and awakened deep public interest in his identity, prompting the question, Who is this, as crowds accompanied him and the people's hopes for a new kingdom were renewed. His arrival as the promised King fulfilled Zechariah's prophecy of a just, saving, lowly king coming to Jerusalem. The public demonstration was meant to direct attention to his coming sacrifice as the voluntary antitypical Passover Lamb set apart as an offering for the world's sins, so that the events surrounding his entry would lead people to follow his final steps and, after his death, be considered alongside his trial and the prophecies to reveal him as Messiah and bring converts to faith. The crowd's testimony about his merciful works, including works that left visible evidence of divine power, intensified the praise of the people and disciples.
He came with a large rejoicing company, riding on a donkey while the crowd honored him as king with palm branches and spread garments in his path, welcomed with joyful shouts. The hillsides echoed the celebration, as the slopes of the Mount of Olives rang with the joyful shouts of the triumphant multitude. The triumphal procession was marked not by conquered captives but by people he had delivered and healed, for the rescued, healed, and raised praised him and honored him as king. The rejoicing multitude hailed him as the Son of David with shouts and palm branches, in fulfillment of prophecy.
Spectators who had heard of him and expected him in Jerusalem were astonished at his acceptance of kingly homage, and they asked who he was and what the commotion meant. He had previously refused such honors and discouraged efforts to make him king, declaring that his kingdom was not of this world, leaving them to wonder what had changed that he now received the crowd's public welcome. The excitement built on eager crowds drawn by the raising of Lazarus, which had greatly affected people and drawn an enthusiastic multitude to where he was staying. It was intensified by testimony about his merciful works that left visible evidence of divine power.
The arrival came near the close of his ministry, just before his trial. It stands at the beginning of the final sequence leading to the cleansing of the temple and the lesson of the barren fig tree. The entrance, the cleansing, and the withering of the barren fig tree pointed to Jerusalem's doom. As he looked over the rejoicing city his tears were his last appeals of love and compassion to a city that had rejected him, while the fig tree symbolized the Jewish nation that through pride and apostasy had separated from God, lost its ability to recognize its Redeemer, and faced destruction.
Proclaimed King Fulfills Prophecy
The question of the stirred city was answered by identifying him as Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. The testimony of the crowd about his merciful works, including works that left visible evidence of divine power, intensified the praise of the people and the disciples. His followers answered by confessing him as the promised Messiah, the seed who defeats the serpent, the King of Peace, Shiloh from Judah, Immanuel, the divine Prince of Peace, David's Branch and righteousness, the Messiah foretold by Daniel, the Lord of Hosts, the Lamb who takes away the world's sin, God's beloved Son, the Prince of Life and Redeemer, and the Holy One of God. The crowd proclaimed him with prophetic titles including Son of David, echoing the prophets' witness that he was the Messiah.
His coming as the promised, just, saving, and lowly king fulfilled Zechariah's prophecy of humble kingship. It also fulfilled Isaiah's picture of God coming to his people to shepherd his flock amid praise and rejoicing. The fulfillment had to stand despite opposition, for the Pharisees tried to silence the acclaim. When the people fell quiet under threats, children in the temple courts continued the praise, and even the stones would cry out if they held their peace.
The disciples hailed him as the coming king expected to be crowned to reign on David's throne and to establish a temporal kingdom, with renewed hopes. Those hopes were shattered when he was crucified and buried, as they saw their beloved Master stretched upon the cruel cross above the mocking, taunting Pharisees, with high hopes disappointed and the darkness of death closing about them. That was a disappointment greater than any later disappointment over unfulfilled hope. Yet after he rose and appeared to them their hopes revived, proving him true to his promises, giving sweet consolation to his people and rich reward to the true and faithful.
Rejection Purpose And Application
The multitude's answer to who he was stood as inspired prophetic witness, echoing the prophets in proclaiming him Son of David and Messiah and openly honoring him and confessing his kingdom, yet the priests and rulers heard it and rejected it, becoming amazed and angered and trying to silence the people. Their opposition did not prevent the public homage, for he received it even as the leaders stood against him.
The public demonstration set him before everyone's attention as Redeemer in order to direct minds to his coming sacrifice for the sins of the world. He set himself apart voluntarily as the antitypical Passover Lamb, an offering for the world's sins. The events surrounding the entry were to be remembered after his death and searched alongside his trial and the prophecies, following his final steps in thought until they revealed him as Messiah and brought converts to faith in him.
Together with the cleansing of the temple and the blighting of the barren fig tree, the entrance pointed to Jerusalem's doom. Amid the city's rejoicing and hosannas he wept over Jerusalem, and his tears were final appeals of love and compassion to a people and city that had rejected him. The barren fig tree symbolized the Jewish nation, which through pride and apostasy had separated from God, lost the ability to discern its Redeemer, and faced destruction. The same triumphal entry foreshadowed his future coming in glory with the angels and the rejoicing saints.
The account exalts him and lifts him up, showing that keeping God's law belongs with magnifying Christ rather than being saved by law. Its proclamation convinces hearers of Christ's centrality and moves them to baptism and uniting with the church in fellowship. Spoken with freedom and listened to as for life, it is a solemn appeal that takes hold upon souls so that all do their part well and stand acquitted in the day of final accounts when judgment sits and the books are opened and every account is balanced, with the solemn thought of not meeting again until that great day and the question of who will be saved through the words spoken. It shows the Son of God coming into the world to draw all people to himself, yet his coming sends not peace but a sword. His followers must therefore walk in the light of his glorious example without questioning the cost in labor and trial and suffering, each with a work to maintain the truth in its purity and push the triumphs of his cross and extend his kingdom, a message that when preached makes a deep impression and moves hearers even to weeping.
His royal entry into Jerusalem stirred the whole city into commotion and awakened deep public interest in who he was. He came with a large rejoicing company riding on a donkey while the crowd honored him as king with palm branches and spread garments, the hillsides echoing with shouts. The city's question was answered by identifying him as Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee, whom his followers confessed as the promised Messiah, the King of Peace, Immanuel, David's Branch, the Lamb who takes away the world's sin, and the Redeemer. His coming as the just, saving and lowly king fulfilled Zechariah's prophecy of humble kingship and Isaiah's picture of God coming to shepherd His flock. The public demonstration brought him before all as Redeemer to direct minds to his coming sacrifice for the world's sins as the voluntary antitypical Passover Lamb, even as priests and rulers rejected the witness and his tears over the rejoicing city became final appeals to a people facing doom.
Entry Stirs Jerusalem
The royal entry into Jerusalem stirred the whole city into commotion and awakened deep public interest in his identity, prompting the question, Who is this, as crowds accompanied him and the people's hopes for a new kingdom were renewed. His arrival as the promised King fulfilled Zechariah's prophecy of a just, saving, lowly king coming to Jerusalem. The public demonstration was meant to direct attention to his coming sacrifice as the voluntary antitypical Passover Lamb set apart as an offering for the world's sins, so that the events surrounding his entry would lead people to follow his final steps and, after his death, be considered alongside his trial and the prophecies to reveal him as Messiah and bring converts to faith. The crowd's testimony about his merciful works, including works that left visible evidence of divine power, intensified the praise of the people and disciples.
He came with a large rejoicing company, riding on a donkey while the crowd honored him as king with palm branches and spread garments in his path, welcomed with joyful shouts. The hillsides echoed the celebration, as the slopes of the Mount of Olives rang with the joyful shouts of the triumphant multitude. The triumphal procession was marked not by conquered captives but by people he had delivered and healed, for the rescued, healed, and raised praised him and honored him as king. The rejoicing multitude hailed him as the Son of David with shouts and palm branches, in fulfillment of prophecy.
Spectators who had heard of him and expected him in Jerusalem were astonished at his acceptance of kingly homage, and they asked who he was and what the commotion meant. He had previously refused such honors and discouraged efforts to make him king, declaring that his kingdom was not of this world, leaving them to wonder what had changed that he now received the crowd's public welcome. The excitement built on eager crowds drawn by the raising of Lazarus, which had greatly affected people and drawn an enthusiastic multitude to where he was staying. It was intensified by testimony about his merciful works that left visible evidence of divine power.
The arrival came near the close of his ministry, just before his trial. It stands at the beginning of the final sequence leading to the cleansing of the temple and the lesson of the barren fig tree. The entrance, the cleansing, and the withering of the barren fig tree pointed to Jerusalem's doom. As he looked over the rejoicing city his tears were his last appeals of love and compassion to a city that had rejected him, while the fig tree symbolized the Jewish nation that through pride and apostasy had separated from God, lost its ability to recognize its Redeemer, and faced destruction.
Proclaimed King Fulfills Prophecy
The question of the stirred city was answered by identifying him as Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. The testimony of the crowd about his merciful works, including works that left visible evidence of divine power, intensified the praise of the people and the disciples. His followers answered by confessing him as the promised Messiah, the seed who defeats the serpent, the King of Peace, Shiloh from Judah, Immanuel, the divine Prince of Peace, David's Branch and righteousness, the Messiah foretold by Daniel, the Lord of Hosts, the Lamb who takes away the world's sin, God's beloved Son, the Prince of Life and Redeemer, and the Holy One of God. The crowd proclaimed him with prophetic titles including Son of David, echoing the prophets' witness that he was the Messiah.
His coming as the promised, just, saving, and lowly king fulfilled Zechariah's prophecy of humble kingship. It also fulfilled Isaiah's picture of God coming to his people to shepherd his flock amid praise and rejoicing. The fulfillment had to stand despite opposition, for the Pharisees tried to silence the acclaim. When the people fell quiet under threats, children in the temple courts continued the praise, and even the stones would cry out if they held their peace.
The disciples hailed him as the coming king expected to be crowned to reign on David's throne and to establish a temporal kingdom, with renewed hopes. Those hopes were shattered when he was crucified and buried, as they saw their beloved Master stretched upon the cruel cross above the mocking, taunting Pharisees, with high hopes disappointed and the darkness of death closing about them. That was a disappointment greater than any later disappointment over unfulfilled hope. Yet after he rose and appeared to them their hopes revived, proving him true to his promises, giving sweet consolation to his people and rich reward to the true and faithful.
Rejection Purpose And Application
The multitude's answer to who he was stood as inspired prophetic witness, echoing the prophets in proclaiming him Son of David and Messiah and openly honoring him and confessing his kingdom, yet the priests and rulers heard it and rejected it, becoming amazed and angered and trying to silence the people. Their opposition did not prevent the public homage, for he received it even as the leaders stood against him.
The public demonstration set him before everyone's attention as Redeemer in order to direct minds to his coming sacrifice for the sins of the world. He set himself apart voluntarily as the antitypical Passover Lamb, an offering for the world's sins. The events surrounding the entry were to be remembered after his death and searched alongside his trial and the prophecies, following his final steps in thought until they revealed him as Messiah and brought converts to faith in him.
Together with the cleansing of the temple and the blighting of the barren fig tree, the entrance pointed to Jerusalem's doom. Amid the city's rejoicing and hosannas he wept over Jerusalem, and his tears were final appeals of love and compassion to a people and city that had rejected him. The barren fig tree symbolized the Jewish nation, which through pride and apostasy had separated from God, lost the ability to discern its Redeemer, and faced destruction. The same triumphal entry foreshadowed his future coming in glory with the angels and the rejoicing saints.
The account exalts him and lifts him up, showing that keeping God's law belongs with magnifying Christ rather than being saved by law. Its proclamation convinces hearers of Christ's centrality and moves them to baptism and uniting with the church in fellowship. Spoken with freedom and listened to as for life, it is a solemn appeal that takes hold upon souls so that all do their part well and stand acquitted in the day of final accounts when judgment sits and the books are opened and every account is balanced, with the solemn thought of not meeting again until that great day and the question of who will be saved through the words spoken. It shows the Son of God coming into the world to draw all people to himself, yet his coming sends not peace but a sword. His followers must therefore walk in the light of his glorious example without questioning the cost in labor and trial and suffering, each with a work to maintain the truth in its purity and push the triumphs of his cross and extend his kingdom, a message that when preached makes a deep impression and moves hearers even to weeping.