John 12:16 Nasb

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9Holy Week begins with a murderous plot by the Jews and praise from those who saw Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead a week earlier. The Gospel of John tells us that the crowd that praised Jesus with palm branches and cried “Hosanna!” was the same crowd who saw Lazarus al…

“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9Holy Week begins with a murderous plot by the Jews and praise from those who saw Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead a week earlier. The Gospel of John tells us that the crowd that praised Jesus with palm branches and cried “Hosanna!” was the same crowd who saw Lazarus al…

The gospel accounts found in the New Testament are embarrassing. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John included some pretty uncomfortable details in their writings. But if you’re a Christian, that’s actually a really good thing. We humans have a tendency to paint ourselves in a good light—to leave out the bad...…