8And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
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And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We have here the story of the public entry Christ made into Jerusalem, four or five days before his death. And he came into town thus remarkably, 1. To show that he was not afraid of the power and malice of his enemies in Jerusalem. He did not steal into the city incognito , as one that durst not show his face; no, they needed not send spies to search for him, he comes in with observation. This wo…
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