What happened when Jesus entered Jeruselem?

Answer 1

The story of Jesus coming into Jerusalem on a donkey and of the throngs welcoming him with leafy branches and cries of Hosanna appears to be Christian midrash. John Shelby Spong (Jesus for the NonReligious) puts it this way:

The ]ewish eight day celebration of the harvest, known as Sukkoth, and also called the Festival of the Tabernacles or Booths, was probably the most popular holiday among the Jews in the first century. In the observance of Sukkoth, worshippers processed through Jerusalem and in the Temple, waving a bunch of leafy branches made of willow, myrtle and palm. As they waved these branches in that procession, the worshippers recited words from Psalm 118, the psalm normally used at Sukkoth. Among these words were "Save us, we beseech you, O Lord." Save us in Hebrew is hosianna or 'hosanna'. This is typically followed by "Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. (Psalm 118:25-6)."

Mark's Gospel was the earliest of the New Testament gospels. It took the Sukkoth traditions and transferred them from autumn to the Passover season for the procession story. Mark 11:8 says (NAB), "Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields." The words used at the Sukkoth are reflected in Mark 11:9: "And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord." Because the Passover season is too early for 'leafy branches' (except palms), John changes this to say "palm branches," creating our modern tradition of Palm Sunday.

Answer 2

Mark 11:8-9 says (NAB), "Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord." But the time of the Passover is too early for leafy branches (except palms), which the author of John's Gospel recognised, changing this reference to 'palm branches', thus creating our modern tradition of Palm Sunday.

Mark's Gospel was the earliest of the New Testament gospels and seems to have taken the reference to 'leafy branches' from the traditional Jewish observance of Sukkoth. John Shelby Spong (Jesus for the NonReligious) puts it this way: The ]ewish eight day celebration of the harvest, known as Sukkoth, and also called the Festival of the Tabernacles or Booths, was probably the most popular holiday among the Jews in the first century. In the observance of Sukkoth, worshippers processed through Jerusalem and in the Temple, waving a bunch of leafy branches made of willow, myrtle and palm. As they waved these branches in that procession, the worshippers recited words from Psalm 118, the psalm normally used at Sukkoth. Among these words were "Save us, we beseech you, O Lord." Save us in Hebrew is hosianna or 'hosanna'. This is typically followed by "Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. (Psalm 118:25-6)."

Answer 3

All the people of Jerusalem laid down their coats on the road and waved palm fronds, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" Jesus rode on a young donkey on the road in Jerusalem, with people shouting, Blessed is the King Of Heaven!"

Answer 4

The people sang part of Psalm 118: 25-26: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. We bless you from the house of the Lord
and "Hosanna to the Son of David! in Matthew 21:9

Answer 5

The people went mad with joy and threw their clothes on the road, and waved olive branches shouting hosana in the highest

Answer 6

People were becoming hysterical , as they really thought Jesus was coming to get rid of the Roman power and be king instead.

Answer 7

They welcomed him with palm branches, and putting their clothes on the floor. they thought that this was the day, that the Messiah would set the Jews free from the Roman Empire.