What happened when Jesus came into Jerusalem?

Answer 1

In 29 AD Jesus was still 23 yrs old. He was born in 6 AD when Quirinius made his first taxing (Luke 2:1-2). There was no record of what Jesus did from age 13 up to the year when he began his ministry at age 30 (Luke 3:23). So it's anybody's guess what happen to Jesus in Jerusalem in 29 AD when he was still 23 years old.

Answer 2

A:When they came near to Jerusalem, Jesus sent disciples ahead to find a donkey, which he would ride into Jerusalem (Mark 11:1-7). In seeking to use Zechariah 9:9 as foreshadowing this event, Matthew seems to have Jesus riding a donkey and a foal at the same time (Matthew 21:7). Crowds came, waving leafy branches (John: palm branches) and shouting Hosanna (Mark 11:8-9).

Bishop John Shelby Spong says that the story of Jesus riding the donkey into Jerusalem as a crowds waved leafy branches and shouted hosanna was simply a literary creation, meaning there was no donkey and no leafy branches. He explains this in the following way:

The Jewish 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)."

In other words, the author of Mark's Gospel has transferred the imagery of the autumn/fall Festival of the Booths to the spring, just before the Jewish Passover. The account was copied and amended by the authors of Matthew, Luke and John.