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3. Matthew 21:1-11
Palm Sunday, Triumphal
Entry
The triumphal entry is the story of Jesus, the
Creator of the universe, the King of Kings, the
King of the Jews, entering into Jerusalem on a
borrowed donkey’s colt.

4. One Of The Most Significant Events
• The Archaeological Study Bible says, "Jesus entrance into
Jerusalem on Palm Sunday represents one of the most
significant public events of his ministry. Each of the four
Gospels records this incident, though with distinctive
details... Central to each report is Jesus' deliberate choice
to enter the city riding up on a donkey. Scholars have noted
three significant points regarding this chosen mount. These
aspects are not mutually exclusive, and each contributes to
a more complete appreciation of the meaning of Jesus'
symbolic action and it's decisive consequences:
• * The donkey was a traditional mount for kings and rulers in
the ancient near East...; Jesus was therefore making an
implicit claim to be the king of his people.
• * The act of riding into Jerusalem on a donkey near the

5. One Of The Most Significant Events
• time of the Passover celebration invoked a central image of
Messianic expectation, linked to key Biblical texts... Two of
the four Evangelists explained the significance of Jesus
entrance explicitly as the fulfillment of Scripture.... In
Jewish literature and teaching, moreover, the image of a
king on a donkey approaching Jerusalem was consistently
understood to signify the arrival of the Messianic King.
Thus, Jesus was claiming to be the Messiah and proclaiming
that the age of restoration was dawning through his own
person.
• * In light of the frequent Old Testament association of
horses with war and human pride, the donkey may have
presented an image of peaceful humility. Jesus, in this
interpretation, was making a statement regarding the
nature of his kingship.…"

6. I’ll Summarize This Significant Event
• * The donkey =kings and rulers, Jesus was claiming to be
the king of his people.
• * Riding a donkey into Jerusalem at Passover= Messianic
King and the age of restoration
• * Horses = war and human pride, the donkey=peaceful
humility
• This was the nature of His 1st. Coming
• Isaiah 42:3 "A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly
burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring
forth justice.
• Matthew 12:20 "A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK
OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT,
UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY.
• 21 "AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE.“ [Have You]

7. Matthew 21:1-2, Bethphage
• Matthew 21:1 When they had approached
Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the
Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2
saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you,
and immediately you will find a donkey tied there
and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to
Me.
• Bethphage is close to Bethany
• Mark 11:1 As they approached Jerusalem, at
Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of
Olives, He sent two of His disciples, [Luke 19:29]

9. Matthew 21:1, Bethphage
• Matthew 21:1 When they had approached
Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the
Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
• Bethphage is close to Bethany
• Mark 11:1 As they approached Jerusalem, at
Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of
Olives, He sent two of His disciples, [Luke 19:29]

10. Jerusalem From The Mount Of Olives,
Looking West Across The Kidron Valley

11. Matthew 21:2, A Donkey Tied There
• Matthew 21:1 …find a donkey tied there…
• Genesis 49:8 Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand
will be on the neck of your enemies, your father's sons will
bow down before you. 9 You are a lion's cub, Judah, from the
prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down
like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him? 10 The scepter
will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between
his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will
obey him. 11 Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the
choicest vine, he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in
the blood of grapes.

12. Matthew 21:3, Fetch A Donkey
• Matthew 21:3 "If anyone says anything to you, you shall
say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will
send them.”
• Jesus said “he will send them,” = “Here’s my keys”
• How’d He know?
• #1, Pre-arranged, #2, owners recognized them, #3, H. Spirit
• Luke 19:33 As they were untying the colt, its owners said to
them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
• Mark 11:2 and said to them, "Go into the village opposite
you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt
tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and
bring it here.
• 520 years earlier Zechariah wrote 9:9

13. Matthew 21:4-5, Prophecy Fulfilled
• Matthew 21:4 This took place to fulfill what
was spoken through the prophet:
• 5 "SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD
YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND
MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT,
THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'"

14. Matthew 21:2, My Time Is Not Yet
• Jesus was intentionally fulfilling Zechariah 9:9
• Jesus did this during His 1st. Coming, on Palm
Sunday, by His Triumphal Entry, literally
• No longer John 7:6…"My time is not yet…”
• In all 4 gospels; Luke 19:28, Mk 11, & John
12:12
• Yet, Zechariah 9:9 has a context;

15. Zechariah 9:8-16, Split Fulfillment
• Zechariah 9:8-16 But I will camp around My house because
of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And
no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have
seen with My eyes. 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your
king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with
salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a
colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will cut off the chariot from
Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; And the bow of
war will be cut off. And He will speak peace to the
nations; And His dominion will be from sea to sea, And
from the River to the ends of the earth. 11 As for you also,
because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set
your prisoners free from the waterless pit. 12 Return to the
stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope;

16. Zechariah 9:8-16, Split Fulfillment
• This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to
you. 13 For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow
with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against
your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a warrior's
sword. 14 Then the LORD will appear over them, And His
arrow will go forth like lightning; And the Lord GOD will
blow the trumpet, And will march in the storm winds of
the south. 15 The LORD of hosts will defend them. And they
will devour and trample on the sling stones; And they will
drink and be boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled
like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the corners of the altar.
16 And the LORD their God will save them in that day As
the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a
crown, Sparkling in His land.

17. Zechariah 9:9-10, Literal Fulfillment
• If Jesus literally fulfilled, historically, Zech 9:9;
• Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and
endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted
on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Zechariah 9:10 I will cut off the chariot from
Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; And the
bow of war will be cut off. And He will speak
peace to the nations; And His dominion will be
from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends
of the earth.

18. Mat 21:5/Zech 9:9, “daughter of Zion”
• Zechariah 9:9…O daughter of Zion! Shout in
triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!...
• NET Matthew 21:5 "Tell the people of Zion, 'Look,
your king is coming to you, unassuming and
seated on a donkey…
• NET Notes (Mat 21:5) = “The idiom "daughter of
Zion" has been translated as "people of Zion"
because the original idiom, while firmly
embedded in the Christian tradition, is not
understandable to most modern English readers.”

19. Matthew 21:2+5, Mounted On A Colt
• John 12:14 Jesus, finding a young donkey [neuter
singular], sat on it; as it is written,
• Zechariah 9:9…Even on a colt [masculine singular], the
foal of a donkey [neuter singular].

20. Matthew 21:6-8, Coats & Branches
• Matthew 21:6 The disciples went and did just
as Jesus had instructed them, 7 and brought
the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats
on them; and He sat on the coats. 8 Most of
the crowd spread their coats in the road, and
others were cutting branches from the trees
and spreading them in the road.

21. Archaeological Study Bible, Coats
Archaeological Study Bible on 21:8 says,
“Spreading their cloaks on the roads was an
act of royal homage. The word "branches"
means "leaves" or "leafy branches," which
were readily available in nearby fields. Only
John mentioned palm branches (see Jn 12:13),
which may have come from Jericho, since they
are not native to Jerusalem ...

22. Matthew 21:6-8, Palm Branches
• They had to have been thinking; palm branches… rejoice before the
LORD;
• Leviticus 23:40 'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves
the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy
trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the
LORD your God for seven days.
• John 12:13 took the branches of the palm trees and went out to
meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO
COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel.”
• So where’d they get them, if “not native to Jerusalem”
• John 12:12 On the next day the large crowd who had come to the
feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
• Matthew 20:29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed
Him.

23. Palms Not Native To Har Megiddo

24. Archaeological Study Bible, Palm
Branches
• The Archaeological Study Bible says, "The branches of the date
palm appear in symbolism of Greek, Roman and Jewish cultures;
• * Palms were a longstanding sign of victory in the Greek world...
• * Palm branches were associated with the…Feast of Tabernacle's …
• * Together with the myrtle, willow and citron, they formed the
lulab, an object the rabbis tell us was shaken at the recitation of
Psalm 118:25: "O Lord, save us!" (Hebrew, Hosanna!). In John 12:13
the crowds waved their palm branches while shouting this same
verse…
• Palm branches thus vividly depicted God's victory and the
deliverance of his people. Revelation 7:9 portrays Christians who
have overcome the persecutions of this world as waving palm
branches and wearing white robes. The symbolism of the palm
branches would have been meaningful to any ancient reader, but
especially to one familiar with the place of palm branches in Jewish
tradition and worship."

25. Matthew 21:9-11
“Hosanna to the Son of David”
• Matthew 21:9 The crowds going ahead of
Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
"Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE
WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD;
Hosanna in the highest!"
• 10 When He had entered Jerusalem, all the
city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?"
• 11 And the crowds were saying, "This is the
prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee."

26. Matthew 21:9-11
“Hosanna to the Son of David”
• Matthew 12:23 All the crowds were amazed, and were
saying, "This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?“
• This is a deity reference;
• Matthew 21:9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and
those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna [hosanna=
save, we pray ] to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO
COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the
highest!“
• Matthew 22:42 "What do you think about the Christ,
whose son is He?" They said to Him, "The son of
David." 43 He said to them, "Then how does David in
the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying,…..

27. Matthew 21:9-11
“Hosanna to the Son of David”
• Mark 12:35 And Jesus began to say, as He
taught in the temple, "How is it that the
scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
• 36 "David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'THE
LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT
HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH
YOUR FEET."'

28. Matthew 21:9, Hosanna
• Matthew 21:9 The crowds going ahead of
Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
"Hosanna [hosanna= save, we pray ]
• This is a claim of deity;

29. Matthew 21:9, THE NAME OF THE LORD
• Matthew 21:9 The crowds going ahead of Him, and
those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the
Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!"
• Isaiah 42:8 "I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not
give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven
images.
• Isaiah 48:11 "For My own sake, for My own sake, I will
act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory
I will not give to another.
• John 5:43 "I have come in My Father's name, and you
do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name,
you will receive him.

30. Matthew 21:9, “BLESSED IS HE ”
• Matthew 21:9 …BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!”
• Mark 11:10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our
father David; Hosanna in the highest!"
• Luke 19:38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in
the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the
highest!"
• 39 And some of the Pharisees in the multitude said to
Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples."
• 40 And He answered and said, "I tell you, if these
become silent, the stones will cry out!"

31. Psalm 118, A Hallel Psalm, wikipedia.org
• Judaism; Is one of six psalms (113-118) of which Hallel is
composed. On all days when Hallel is recited, this psalm is
recited in its entirety, with the final ten verses being recited
twice each…
• Christianity; This Psalm was quoted by Jesus and writers of
the New Testament. In Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them,
"Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone that the
builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the
Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?“….
• This Psalm also contains the center verses of the Protestant
Bible (verses 8-9). The placement is unique in other ways.
The shortest Psalm is immediately before and invites the
nations (the gentiles) to join in exalting God. The longest
Psalm is immediately after which is an extended doxology
of praise related to the law of Moses.

32. Psalm 118, A Hallel Psalm (“Praise”)
Psalms 113–118
• Concerning Psalm 118, John MacArthur says,
“This Psalm, along with Ps. 110, is intensely
messianic and thus the most quoted by the
New Testament… Neither the author nor the
specific circumstances of the song are
identified…”

33. Psalm 118, A Hallel Psalm (“Praise”)
Psalms 113–118
• Psalm 118:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His
lovingkindness is everlasting.
• 2 Oh let Israel say, "His lovingkindness is everlasting."
• 3 Oh let the house of Aaron say, "His lovingkindness is everlasting."
• 4 Oh let those who fear the LORD say, "His lovingkindness is
everlasting."
• 5 From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me
and set me in a large place.
• 6 The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me?
• 7 The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will
look with satisfaction on those who hate me.
• 8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man.

34. Psalm 118, A Hallel Psalm (“Praise”)
Psalms 113–118
• 9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in princes.
• 10 All nations surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will surely
cut them off.
• 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of
the LORD I will surely cut them off.
• 12 They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire
of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.
• 13 You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the LORD
helped me.
• 14 The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my
salvation.
• 15 The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the
righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
• 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the
LORD does valiantly.
• 17 I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the LORD.

35. Psalm 118, A Hallel Psalm (“Praise”)
Psalms 113–118
• 18 The LORD has disciplined me severely, But He has not given me
over to death.
• 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through
them, I shall give thanks to the LORD.
• 20 This is the gate of the LORD; The righteous will enter through it.
• 21 I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You
have become my salvation.
• 22 The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief
corner stone.
• 23 This is the LORD'S doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.
• 24 This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be
glad in it.
• 25 O LORD, do save, we beseech You; O LORD, we beseech You, do
send prosperity!

36. Psalm 118, A Hallel Psalm (“Praise”)
Psalms 113–118
• 26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD; We have
blessed you from the house of the LORD. [Matt 23:39]
• 27 The LORD is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival
sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
• 28 You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I extol
You.
• 29 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is
everlasting.

37. Matthew 21:10-11, "Who is this?"
• Matthew 21:10 When He had entered Jerusalem,
all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?” 11
And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet
Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.“
• The best question anyone could ever ask is
• "Who is this?“ This “one who comes in the name
of the LORD” “YOUR KING,” because “The stone
which the builders discarded has become the
cornerstone”

38. The Potter And His Clay
• That the Potter should die for His clay is a
stupendous miracle. Lynn Landrum
• Jesus… He came not to a throne, but to a
manger. He lived not as a king, but as a
servant. He chose not an earthly kingdom, but
a cross. He gave not just a little, but
everything. Holley Gerth

39. THE END

40. Matthew 21:22, God's Omnipotence
• Matthew 21:22 "And all things you ask in
prayer, believing, you will receive."
• How often do we attempt work for God to the
limit of our incompetency, rather than the
limit of God's omnipotence? J. Hudson Taylor
• Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through
Him who strengthens me.
• Psalm 57:2 I will cry to God Most High, To God
who accomplishes all things for me.

41. Matthew 21:35
Branding Iron For Runaway Slaves
• Matthew 21:35 "The vine-growers took his slaves
and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

42. • THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
• Pray with the right motives.
•
MINI BIBLE STUDY FOR THE DAY
• Most of us have read the verses about answered prayer like "If you ask Me
anything in My name, I will do it" (John 14:14, 16:23) and Jesus
proclaiming that anything we ask, "believing," it will be given to us
(Matthew 21:22; John 14:14; Luke 11:9). There's also the verse that if any
two agree on earth, about anything, it will be done.
• Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that
they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. —
Matthew 18:19Sadly, too many Christians think they can "claim" a house
or a car or a situation by "believing" that they can ask God to give it to
them or by "agreeing" with another that they desire a certain situation.
This is a form of what is referred to as the "prosperity doctrine"—which is
simply twisted Scripture from Satan.You can't order God around because if
you could, He wouldn't be God. And you can't take one verse by itself
without considering the other verses discussing the same issue. God does
want to give us good gifts.
• If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how
much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those
who ask Him! —Matthew 7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" —Luke 11:13
• But only if you have the correct motives, and only then if it is according to
His divine will.

43. Daniel 9:24, 27 Matthew 24:15
Revelation 13:5, forty-two months
• Revelation 13:5 There was given to him a
mouth speaking arrogant words and
blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-
two months was given to him.