This was to fulfill the predictions of Isaiah and Zechariah. By riding into Jerusalem in this manner, the Lord Jesus made a deliberate, unveiled claim to be the Messiah. The Jewish people were looking for the messiah to come.
Mat 21:4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
Mat 21:5 "TELL THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, LOWLY, AND SITTING ON A DONKEY, A COLT, THE FOAL OF A DONKEY.' "
Jerusalem; because it was the site of the Holy Temple.
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He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, and the people welcomed him by laying their clothes on the road and waving palm branches.Jesus rising in triumph into Jerusalem fulfilled the prophesy by Zechariah of a King riding into Jerusalem in this way:"Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
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.
The Kohenim (priests), however, they weren't leaders of the Jewish people, they were in charge of the Temple.
Many rabbvis who supported it were executed
Jerusalem is where Jesus entered on a donkey, hailed as the Messiah, the King by his disciples and the people; As he looked upon Jerusalem he wept for it, prophesying about its future fall (Read Luke chapter 19 v28-48). It is also where Jesus, the Son of God, thou innocent was tried and executed but rose again.