Why Wait Until Next Week

The Text

John 12:12-19

John 12:12–19 ESV

The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 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!” And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!” 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. 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. The reason why the crowd went to meet him was that they heard he had done this sign. So the Pharisees said to one another, “You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, the world has gone after him.”

They had seen What Jesus Could Do

This was the crowd from Lazarus

They responded in prophecy fulfilling worship and witness

We have seen what Jesus accomplishes during the coming weeks remembrances

We do not need to hold back our praise for the resurrection of Jesus until next Sunday

Other come to Jesus when they hear

The crowds heard what he had done

The pharisees acknowledged that was why the world has gone after Him