NOTES for Mat 21:1-17
1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, |
2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. |
3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. |
4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, |
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. |
6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, |
7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. |
8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. |
9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. |
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? |
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. |
12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, |
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. |
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. |
15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, |
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? |
17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. |
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The people greet Jesus with joyful cries: "Salvation to the Son of David!" Many of us came to faith with the same joy, meeting Christ for the first time, suddenly realizing that He is truly alive, truly answers prayer, and leads us through life.
But after the enthusiastic cries of greeting come decisive changes: the Lord encounters the complete mismatch between the Temple, the center of Jerusalem's spiritual life, and the purpose for which it was built; the spiritual blindness of the religious leaders; and the unfaithfulness of the people, who are ready to shout both "hosanna" and "crucify Him." He encounters all this also at the "micro level," when He comes into the life of an individual person who, though glad at the Savior's coming, has already managed to turn from a temple of the Holy Spirit into a "den of robbers," and who will prove unfaithful and blind to Him many more times. But, as we know, this is not yet the end of the story...
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