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 cleanse 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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