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April 5, 1998
When Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey, the crowds were expectant: Lazarus, a recently dead man, was living again, and excitement about Jesus was spreading. The Pharisees, however, were frustrated, and His disciples were confused. Their responses show us that to understand Jesus, we must listen to His proclamation about Himself, not our own opinions about Him. Observing His triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, Alistair Begg helps us recognize the demonstration of courage, obedience, and love that would lead Christ to the cross.
12The next day rthe large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13So they took branches of spalm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, t“Hosanna! Blessed is uhe who comes in the name of the Lord, even vthe King of Israel!” 14And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written,
15w“Fear not, daughter of Zion;
behold, your king is coming,
sitting on a donkey's colt!”
16xHis disciples did not understand these things at first, but ywhen Jesus was glorified, then zthey remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him. 17aThe crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18The reason why the crowd went to meet him bwas that they heard he had done this sign. 19So the Pharisees said to one another, c“You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, dthe world has gone after him.”
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