Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 21:11

"And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee." — Matthew 21:11 (ASV)

Everyone who had entered the city in the royal procession was prepared to inform inquiring citizens. The multitude said, that is to say, the answer was unanimous, “This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.” The answer was true, but not all the truth. Seldom is a multitude so well informed as in this instance. Christ’s name, His office, His early dwelling, and His humble origins are all indicated.

Those who wished to know more about Him had, in the answer of the multitude, the keys to all that it was necessary for them to discover. Oh, that our teeming populations knew as much of Jesus as the multitudes of Jerusalem knew! And yet it may be that, if they did, they might act as despicably as did these sinners of Jerusalem, when their Hosannas were so soon changed into cruel cries of, “Away with Him! Crucify Him!”