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A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that preceded him and those that followed kept shouting:

“Hosanna to the Son of David!
    Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord![a]
    Hosanna in the highest!”

10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was filled with excitement. “Who is this?” the people asked,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:9 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord: taken from Ps 118:26f, this phrase does not express the customary greeting directed at the pilgrim who had reached the Holy City. Like the Hosanna mentioned above, it is an acclamation to the Messiah who is taking possession of his kingdom.