And a great multitude spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Moreover, the people that went before, and they also that followed, cried, saying, [a]Hosanna to the Son of David, [b]Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna thou which art in the highest heavens.

10 (A)And when he was come into Jerusalem, [c]all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:9 This was an ancient kind of crying which they used in the feast of Tabernacles, when they carried boughs according as God commanded, Lev. 23:40. And the word is corruptly made of two, for we should say, Hoshiangna, which is as much to say, as Save I pray thee.
  2. Matthew 21:9 Well be it to him that cometh in the name of the Lord, that is to say, whom the Lord hath given us for our king.
  3. Matthew 21:10 That is, all the men of Jerusalem were moved.

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