Jesus makes His triumphal entry into Jerusalem
[Image ID 116093767 © Jozef Sedmak | Dreamstime.com. This fresco of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday is by Lattanzio Gambara 1567-1573 in the Parma Cathedral in Parma Italy]
*Matthew 21:1-11
[ When they were near Jerusalem and had come in sight of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go to the village facing you, and you will immediately find a tethered donkey and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, “The Master needs them and will send them back directly”.’ This took place to fulfil the prophecy:
Say to the daughter of Zion:
Look, your king comes to you;
he is humble, he rides on a donkey
and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden
So the disciples went out and did as Jesus had told them. They brought the donkey and the colt, then they laid their cloaks on their backs and he sat on them. Great crowds of people spread their cloaks on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in his path. The crowds who went in front of him and those who followed were all shouting:
‘Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest heavens!’
And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil. ‘Who is this? people asked, and the crowds answered, ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee'. ]
*Note: Scripture passage in brackets [ ] is from the Jerusalem Bible copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York
