Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey
Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–44; John 12:12–19; Zechariah 9:9
Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey from the Mount of Olives. Crowds spread their cloaks and palm branches on the road and shouted, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”
John 12:13 (World English Bible)
Zechariah had foretold Israel's king coming “lowly, and riding on a donkey” (Zechariah 9:9). The Passover crowds hailed him as the Son of David, but as he came near and saw the city, Jesus wept over it, foreseeing its destruction because it did not recognize the time of its visitation (Luke 19:41–44).
Places
JerusalemMount of OlivesBethanyBethphage
Dating notes
Ussher: 29 March AD 33, a Sunday, remembered as Palm Sunday. Ussher's dates put the crucifixion on Friday, 3 April AD 33; many scholars prefer Friday, 7 April AD 30, which would move all of Holy Week three years earlier.