13Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. …
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. …
And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. …
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-19)This story of Christ’s riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists, as worthy of special remark; and in it we may observe, I. The respect that was paid to our Lord Jesus by the common people, John 12:12 , 13 , where we are told, 1. Who they were that paid him this respect: much people , ochlos polys — a great crowd of those that came up to the feast; not the inhabitants of Je…
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