Palm Sunday
Long known for the spreading of palm branches in the path of Jesus, this day, less than one week before the crucifixion, is oft remembered.
John 12:12-19
- Masses, knowing that Jesus was coming, ran out to meet him. Consider the spreading of palm branches to be like our “rolling out the red carpet†(v. 12-13).
- Did the people understand the significance of their reciting Psalm 118:26 (v. 13).
- Certainly the disciples did not, at first, understand the fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 (v. 14-16).
- Many people came to welcome Jesus because they had heard of the raising of Lazarus (v. 17-18).
- Pharisees, however, were distraught, realizing that they had lost control (v. 19).
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