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saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
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A Public Royal Welcome
Commentators explain that the crowd's cry, using titles like "the King that cometh," was an open and enthusiastic declaration of Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah. Unlike previous moments where Jesus deflected such acclaim, here He publicly accepts this royal identity, causing the people's hopes to become "ablaze with expectation."
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The king cometh (ο ερχομενοσ, ο βασιλευς). The Messianic hopes of the people were now all ablaze with expectation of immediate rea…
19th Century
Anglican
Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. The substitution of “glory” for the “Hosanna” of St. Matthew and St. Mark is c…
Baptist
They were so jubilant that they seemed to have caught some notes from the song that the angels sang at the Saviour's birth: Glory to God in the…
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Luke shows us the humble king as he portrays Jesus riding on the colt. For the custom of spreading cloaks along the path, see [Reference 2 Kings 9:…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, blessed be the King The King Messiah, the King of Israel, the son of David, the Christ of God; so the Ethiop…
Presbyterian
Christ has dominion over all creatures and may use them as He pleases. He has all people's hearts both under His eye and in His hand.
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