Commemorating Holy Week: Palm Sunday

Photo by Alvimann on Morgue File.

Palm Sunday: (Mt. 21.1-11; Mk. 11.1-10; Lk. 19.28-44; Jn. 12.12-15—Jesus sends two disciples to secure a donkey, as he and the others wait on the Mt. of Olives, Christ makes his Triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem: Jn. 12.20-36—Jesus is sought after by some Greeks: Mt. 21.17; Mk. 11.11—Jesus enters the temple and later returns to Bethany.) (*All Scripture and daily events complied with help from ESV’s: “A Harmony of the Events of Holy Week).

Context:

It had to be quite a scene to witness that Sunday. It should not surprise us that Jesus chose a lowly donkey instead of a great steed or war-horse to be his vehicle for entering the city of David. This was very much in keeping with his entire life. From his very conception, Jesus had shown himself as a minister to those in need; a servant to show people the way of the kingdom of God.