Cecil Clements' Podcast
Cecil Clements' Podcast
TEMPTATION TO TRIUMPH--26
Excitement fills the air as a long-anticipated moment unfolds, yet few truly grasp its significance. The crowd responds with joy and praise, but do they understand what they are witnessing? In this powerful scene, an unexpected revelation about the nature of true kingship is about to be revealed.
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Matthew 21:1-11
New Living Translation
Jesus’ Triumphant Entry
21 As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives. Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 “Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone asks what you are doing, just say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and he will immediately let you take them.”
4 This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said,
5 “Tell the people of Jerusalem,[a]
‘Look, your King is coming to you.
He is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey’s colt.’”[b]
6 The two disciples did as Jesus commanded. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments over the colt, and he sat on it.[c]
8 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting,
“Praise God[d] for the Son of David!
Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Praise God in highest heaven!”[e]
10 The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. “Who is this?” they asked.
11 And the crowds replied, “It’s Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Footnotes
a. 21:5a Greek Tell the daughter of Zion. Isa 62:11.
c. 21:7 Greek over them, and he sat on them.
d. 21:9a Greek Hosanna, an exclamation of praise that literally means “save now”; also in 21:9b, 15.
e. 21:9b Pss 118:25-26; 148:1.
New Living Translation (NLT)
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