Sunday 20 March 2016

20. Mt. 21: 1-17 Palm Sunday

Mt. 21: 1-17 Palm Sunday
a.       Jesus is the king of peace: custom of the time to travel on a donkey, on a colt (Zechariah 9:9) on peace times.
b.      Jesus is recognized as the one who saves: the people request Jesus to save them and to give them success.
c.       Jesus is the one who sanctifies: he succeeds in cleansing the temple again as was done in 2 Maccabees 10: 7.
d.      Jesus physically cleanses the temple (v.12 -13) from the market atmosphere and other defilements.

e.       Jesus exhorts the people to be like children:  to the request of the priests to stop the children from shouting “hosanna to the Son of David” Jesus’ reply was by quoting Psalm 21: 16.

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