37And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
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On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, …
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. …
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-40)We have here the same account of Christ’s riding in some sort of triumph (such as it was) into Jerusalem which we had before in Matthew and Mark; let us therefore here only observe, I. Jesus Christ was forward and willing to suffer and die for us. He went forward, bound in the spirit, to Jerusalem , knowing very well the things that should befal him there , and yet he went before, ascending up to…
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