Part 16 (2/2)
For it said in the Scriptures that the Messiah would coo?
”Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusale salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass”
Jesus was going to do it! He was going to ride into Jerusalem as the Messiah! Everyone would knoho he was at last, for it said in the Scriptures that this was how the Messiah would co they had waited for so long!
They would have to wait no longer Messiah--King Messiah--wastoward his throne
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The disciples went to the village, as Jesus told them, and there they found the donkey They untied it, and led it away So must ride in comfort
Others spread their clothes out on the street, for a king should ride in state
Jesus got on the donkey, and started for Jerusalem The disciples walked ahead When they had alan to shout Jesus used to say that they must not tell anyone that he was the Messiah But now they could tell the whole world, for Jesus wanted everyone to know They were glad that they did not have to be quiet any longer
They shouted, ”Hosanna!” It meant, ”Save us,” and was a cry of welcome They shouted the words of a psalm: ”'Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cohest'”
The city was croith travelers fron countries too They were the pilgrims who had come for the Passover feast
The crowds saw the procession co They saw the donkey, and they remembered what the Scriptures said They re in They heard the shouting, and they understood the words They knew that that hat people would sing when the Messiah caan to shout with the disciples A great cry of ”Hosanna!” went ringing down the street Everyone see it ”Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord” Some cut branches from the trees, and waved them before the Messiah It was a royal welcome
Only the priests and the rulers and the Pharisees were sorry to see Jesus come
”What is there we can do?” they said to one another ”Look, the whole world has gone after him!”
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The exciteers there who had never heard of Jesus
”Who is this?” they asked
Others who knew him answered, ”Why, this is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee”
Jesus went into the Teed it This was his Father's house and his house These were his Father's people and his people