Matthew 21:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 [a]They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them. 8 [b](A)The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road. 9 (B)The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying:
“Hosanna[c] to the Son of David;
blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord;
hosanna in the highest.”
Footnotes
- 21:7 Upon them: upon the two animals; an awkward picture resulting from Matthew’s misunderstanding of the prophecy.
- 21:8 Spread…on the road: cf. 2 Kgs 9:13. There is a similarity between the cutting and strewing of the branches and the festivities of Tabernacles (Lv 23:39–40); see also 2 Mc 10:5–8 where the celebration of the rededication of the temple is compared to that of Tabernacles.
- 21:9 Hosanna: the Hebrew means “(O Lord) grant salvation”; see Ps 118:25, but that invocation had become an acclamation of jubilation and welcome. Blessed is he…in the name of the Lord: see Ps 118:26 and the note on Jn 12:13. In the highest: probably only an intensification of the acclamation, although Hosanna in the highest could be taken as a prayer, “May God save (him).”
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