Palm Sunday 2017

Jesus Enters Jerusalem on a Donkey (Mt 21:6-11)

(Mosaic Saint George Greek Orthodox Church, Madaba Jordan. 

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"...So the disciples went out and did as Jesus had told them.  They brought the donkey and 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'. "

Scripture from "The Jerusalem Bible"  © 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday & Company, Inc.