Palm sunday scripture matthew

As mentioned, the events that inspired Palm Sunday were described in all four canonical gospels, with only slight differences in the accounts.

Mark 11:1-3 describes Jesus’ request for a donkey, displaying his purposeful use of the animal:

“As they came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden.

Untie it and bring it here.’”

Then, John 12:12-13 provides us with an overview of the entry of Jesus:

“The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.

They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna!’ ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ‘Blessed is the king of Israel!’”

‘The crowd’ John refers to formed as a result of Christ’s miraculous healing of blind men.

Amazed by what they witnessed and realizing that he could perform miracles, they

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