Matthew 21:8

Matthew 21:8

6 ^aSo the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them.

7 They brought the donkey and the colt, ^alaid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.

8 And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; ^aothers cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9 Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
“Hosanna to the Son of David!
^a‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Hosanna in the highest!”

10 ^aAnd when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”

11 So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, ^athe prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

12 ^aThen Jesus went into the temple¹ of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the ^bmoney changers and the seats of those who sold doves.

13 And He said to them, “It is written, ^a‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ^b‘den of thieves.’ ”

Commentaries:

People's Commentary (NT)

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Matthew 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments. Vast multitudes were gathered at Jerusalem at the Passover. The Law required the assembling of the Jewish nation. Josephus says that several millions were wont to gather. Among these were thousands of Galileans who had heard of Jesus, seen his miracles, and believed in him as their Messiah King. When the people of Bethlehem, during the war between Turkey and Egypt in 1836, sought the protection of the British consul, they "spread their garments in the way" of his horses, in order to do him honor. Cut down branches from the trees. John says that these were the branches of palm trees (John 12:13); rather, the wide, spreading, branch-like leaves of the palm tree, well fitted to form a soft, level carpet. The only branches of the palm tree are its leafy crown.

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Matthew 21:8
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Luke 19:28-40
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