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Why did people sing hosana and wave palm leaves as Jesus entered Jerusalem?
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This story began in Mark's Gospel, which says (11:8) that people spread leafy branches in the way, although just prior to Passover is too early in spring for 'leafy' branches, except palms which do not really have branches. Recognising this. the King James Version avoids use of the word 'leafy', but others, such as the NAB translate this passage literally:
(KJV) And many spread their garments in the way; and others cut down branches off the trees and strawed them in the way.
(NAB) Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.
Matthew and Luke follow Mark but avoid the word 'leafy'. John corrects the error, saying "palm branches", which version is the basis for present-day Palm Sunday traditions.
Bishop Spong explains Mark's error by saying that the author confused the Jewish celebration of Passover and the harvest celebration known as Sukkoth (also called the Festival of the Tabernacles or Booths), which 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 in their right hands something called a lulab, which was 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, "Save us (hosianna or hosanna), we beseech you, O Lord ... Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord."
Thus we have 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." Mark was trying to incorporate the flavour of the Passover season, but inadvertently included the Sukkoth traditions, transferred from autumn to the Passover season and adapted to the Christian story.
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Where was Jesus on palm Sunday?
Luke 19 tells us that Jesus traveled from Jericho on his way to Jerusalem, where the people spread their coats and cried, "Blessed is the King Who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" Within about a week, these same people were shouting for Him to be crucified.
People welcomed Jesus with these when he rode to Jerusalem?
Palm leaves
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Palm leaves.
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palm Sunday is all about how that when Jesus road into Galilee and his worshipers threw palms at him --another answer-- Palm Sunday (not Psalm Sunday) is about the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when people laid palm branches on the ground as he approached. This was a sign of honour in those days.
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What plant do palm Sunday branches come from?
From the trees just outside Jerusalem. It's called Palm Sunday because this is when the Jews laid palm leaves on the road as Jesus entered Jerusalem.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Palm Sunday is a Christian feast which is the Sunday before Easter Sunday. It is also called Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. In many Christian churches on Palm Sunday Palm leaves, often tied into the shape of crosses are given out to everyone who attends. In some places, palm leaves are unobtainable, and other trees like box, yew, willow or other native trees have to be used instead. Th Sunday was sometimes called Yew Sunday if they were using yew trees or sometimes Branch Sunday.On the first Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and people put their cloaks and Palm leaves on the ground, to make it more comfortabe to walk on, and waved them as he went past. that's my re homework. :)
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