Title: The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem
Mt. 21:1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Yeshua sent two disciples.
Mk. 11:1 Now when they came near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples.
Bethphage is called the House of Early Figs. Tradition was in ancient Judaism that if Israel was read to received her Messiah, He would come riding on a white stallion, as a conqueror and set up His Kingdom. But, if they weren’t ready for Him, He would come riding on a colt, the foal of an ass (Zech. 9:9).
Source: Zech. 9:9
The date here is the tenth of Nissan, translating to our system of probably early April, 31 C.E. The fact that this is the tenth day of the month that the Triumphal Entry occurs is significant. According to Exodus 12:3-6, on the tenth day of this month, the Paschal Lamb was to be set aside until the fourteenth day of the month. During that time it was to be examined and tested to make sure that it was without spot or blemish. Following the triumphal entry, there is going to be a setting aside of the Lamb of God of followed by a period of testing .and examination, in which He will be proven to be without spot or blemish, and there fore worthy of the Passover sacrifice (M:Pesachim 9:5).
Sources: Exodus 12:3-6; M:Pesachim 9:5
Mt. 21:2 Saying to them,
“Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to Me.”
Mk. 11:2 And He said to them,
“Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat. Loose it and bring it.
Lk. 19:30 Saying,
“Go into the village opposite you, where as you enter you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Loose him and bring him here.
Mt. 21:3
“And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
Mk. 11:3
“And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it,’ and immediately he will send it here.”
Lk. 19:31
“And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you losing him, thus you shall say to him, “Because the Lord has need of him.”’”
Mt. 21:4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
Mt. 21:5
“Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly, and sitting on a donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
Jn. 12:15
“Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
Mt. 21:6 So the disciples went and did as Yeshua commanded them.
Mk. 11:4 So they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door outside on the street, and they loosed it.
Lk. 19:32 So those who were sent departed and found it just as He had said to them.
Mk. 11:5 And some of those who stood there said to them, “What are you doing, losing the colt?”
Lk. 19:33 But as they were losing the colt, the owners of it said to them, “Why are you losing the colt?”
Mk. 11:6 So they spoke to them just as Yeshua had commanded. And they let them go.
Lk. 19:34 And they said, “The Lord has need of him.”
Mt. 21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.
Mk. 11:7 Then they brought the colt to Yeshua and threw their garments on it, and He sat on it.
Lk. 19:35 Then they brought him to Yeshua. And they threw their own garments on the colt, and they set Yeshua on him.
Jn. 12:14 Then Yeshua, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written:
A modern church was built over the location of a stone (Bethphage Stone), which local traditions reveal as the location of a large rock from which Yeshua mounted the donkey to make His Triumphal Entry two miles away in Jerusalem.
Mt. 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Mk. 11:8 And many spread their garments on the road, and others cut down leafy branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Lk. 19:36 And as He went, they spread their clothes on the road.
Jn. 12:13a Took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out:
Jn. 19:37 Then, as He was now drawing near 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 they had seen.
Mt. 21:9 Then the multitudes who went before those who followed cried out, “saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the Highest!”
Mk. 11:9 Then those who went before and those who followed cried out , saying, “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Jn. 12:13b “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! The King of Israel!”
Mk. 11:10 “Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the Highest!”
Lk. 19:38 Saying, ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven and glory in the highest!”
Source: Psalm 118:26
Mt. 21:10 And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was move, saying, “Who is this?”
Mt. 21:11 So the multitudes said, “This is Yeshua, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Mt. 21:14 Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He healed them.
Mt. 21:15 But the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the Temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” They were indignant.
Lk. 19:39 And some of the Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
Mt. 21:16 And said to Him, “Do you hear what these are saying? And Yeshua said to them,
“Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise?’”
Source: Psalm 8:2
The commentary from the “Jewish Study Bible” gives us more insight to something that is happening here. The key is found in Mt. 21:15 where it says that even the children were crying out “Hosanna to the Son of David in the Temple.” The Biblical commentary says that these Psalms (2-7) highlight the complete extent of God’s power (Name) and splendor on the earth and in the heavens. Even the very young children recognize God’s majesty. And here we have God Incarnate. The chief pries ans scribes recognize Him and try to hide the fact. The children recognize and proclaim Him.
Lk. 19:40 But He answered and said to them,
“I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”
Lk. 19:41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it.
Lk. 19:42 Saying,
“If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, they things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.”
PROPHECY
Lk. 19:43
“For the days will come when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you, and close you in on every side.”
Lk. 19:44
“And level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
FULFILLMENT
(499) That therefore his opinion was, that if they aimed at quickness joined with security, they must build a wall round about the whole city; which was, he thought, the only way to prevent the Jews from coming out any way, and that then they would either entirely despair of saving the city, or so would surrender it up to him, or be still more easily conquered when the famine had farther weakened them; (500) for that besides this wall, he would not lie at rest afterward, but would take care then to have banks raised again, then those that would oppose them were become weaker.
(508) Now the length of this wall was forty furlongs, one only abated. Now at this wall without were erected thirteen places to keep garrisons in, the circumference of which, put together, amounted to ten furlongs; (509) the whole was completed in three days: so that would naturally have required some months, was done in so short an interval as is incredible.
(Josephus War 5.12.1,2)
Mt. 21:17 Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.
Mk. 11:11 And Yeshua went into Jerusalem and into the Temple. So when He had looked around at all the things, as the hour was already late, He went out to Bethany with the twelve.
Jn. 12:16 His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Yeshua was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.
Jn. 12:17 Therefore the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness.
Jn. 12:18 For this reason the people also met Him, because they heard that He had done this sign.
On the Sunday before he Friday of His crucifixion, Yeshua made His formal entrance into Jerusalem, staring at Bethany.. Passing near Bethphage, an adjacent village o the Mount of Olives, many joined the procession expressing their belief in Yeshua because of His raising Lazarus from the dead. The news of this miracle spread instantly to nearby Jerusalem. The Pharisees and Sadducees panicked. This was now the fourth Messianic Miracle that Yeshua had performed, along with the hundreds of headings and deliverance from all over the land. Accounts of Yeshua’s restoring a son to his mother in far-away Galilee (Luke 7:11-17) could be ignored in Jerusalem, but not reports by hundreds of eye witnesses who had watched Lazarus walk out of his tomb in nearby Bethany. It was this event that confirmed and accelerated the Sanhedrin’s plan to put Yeshua to death (John 11:45-4).
Jn. 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “You see that you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after Him!”
