Gospel of John LAB - The Triumphal Entry
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Jesus' Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem (12:12-19)
The Passover crowd acclaims Jesus as King of Israel (vv. 12-13)
Scripture fulfilled in Jesus' arrival as a peaceful victor (vv. 14-15)
The disciples' lack of comprehension (v. 16)
The Pharisees express frustration at Jesus' growing popularity (vv. 17-19)
Harris, M. J. (2015). John 1 (A. J. Köstenberger & R. W. Yarbrough, Eds.). B&H.
INTERJECTION: HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM AS THE MESSIAH : from Bethany to Jerusalem and back [Sunday]. A Day of Messianic Demonstration: Matt. 11:1-11; Matt. 21:1-11, 14-17; Lk. 19:29-44
John 12:12–19 (ESV)
12 The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
· “Josephus, the Jewish historian, tells us that one year a census was taken of the number of lambs slain for Passover and that figure was 256,500. In other words, with numbers this large, lambs must literally be driven up to Jerusalem throughout the entire day. Consequently, whenever Jesus entered the city He must have done so surrounded by lambs, Himself being the greatest of lambs.” (Boice)
13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!”
The New Bible Commentary 12:12–19 The Entry into Jerusalem
The waving of them was a sign of honour for a victorious person. The chant of Hosanna comes from Ps. 118:25–26 which was one of the psalms chanted at the ascent towards Jerusalem
Mark notes the people laid down their cloaks on the road.
7 Wherefore bearing wands wreathed with leaves, and fair boughs, and palms also, they offered up hymns of thanksgiving to him that had prosperously brought to pass the cleansing of his own place.
rededication of the temple
“went out to meet him”
Josephus mentioned Antioch came out to meet Titus after a victory.
· This large, enthusiastic crowd greeted Jesus with words from the Messianic Psalm 118:25-26. The cry Hosanna meant “save now,” and on this day the crowd received Jesus as a triumphant Messiah.
Hallel (Ps 113-118) would have been sung each morning by the temple choir during Jewish festivals
Psalm 118:10–16 (ESV)
10 All nations surrounded me;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
11 They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
12 They surrounded me like bees;
they went out like a fire among thorns;
in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
13 I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,
but the Lord helped me.
14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
15 Glad songs of salvation
are in the tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly,
16 the right hand of the Lord exalts,
the right hand of the Lord does valiantly!”
Sounds political - Romans were surrounding them.
This entrance by Jesus mirrors the coming King
Salvation had meant political salvation in Israel’s past
Psalm 118:25–27 (ESV)
25 Save us, we pray, O Lord!
O Lord, we pray, give us success!
26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
27 The Lord is God,
and he has made his light to shine upon us.
Bind the festal sacrifice with cords,
up to the horns of the altar!
Psalm 118:19–24 (ESV)
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.
20 This is the gate of the Lord;
the righteous shall enter through it.
21 I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
23 This is the Lord’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
cf. Matt 21:37-43 - Parable of the tenants
24 This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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14 And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, 15 “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”
· Jesus did this both as a deliberate fulfillment of prophecy (Zechariah 9:9) and as a demonstration of the character of His kingdom. It was a spiritual kingdom, not a military kingdom. He came in peace, not war.
· The ass was not normally used by a warlike person. It was the animal of a man of peace, a priest, a merchant or the like. It might also be used by a person of importance but in connection with peaceable purposes. A conqueror would ride into the city on a war horse, or perhaps march in on foot at the head of his troops. The ass speaks of peace.” (Morris)
· “He did not come as a conqueror but as a messenger of peace.
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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16 His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.
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17 The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”
What does this say about Jesus?
Humility
King
Promised