Luke 19:29-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:28-38

Christ's royalty. Something like a royal procession is here described. On the foal of an ass, on which it comported as well with Oriental ideas of honour as with Christian ideas of peace that he should ride, the "King came, meek," but not without attention and acclaim, into Jerusalem. A large company of the curious, the devout, and even the enthusiastic, welcomed him as "the King that came in the Name of the Lord." At last, thought his disciples, his hour is come; at last their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:28-44

From Jericho to Jerusalem. The last glimpse which we obtain of Moses presents him wending his way up the slope of Mount Nebo, thence to give one fond gaze towards the land he might not enter, and, having so done, then to lay himself down and die. Imagination has often attempted to portray the working of the great lawgiver's mind, the emotion of his heart, the thoughts which must have crowded on him as he took that last solitary journey to the sepulchre which no man must know, in which the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:28-48

Jesus enters Jerusalem as King Messiah ( Luke 19:29-44 ). His work in the temple ( Luke 19:45-48 ). St. Luke here passes over in silence the events which happened after the episode at the house of Zacchaeus at Jericho and the speaking the great parable of "the pounds." This parable may have been spoken in the house of Zacchaeus before leaving Jericho, but it seems better to place it somewhere in the course of the walk from Jericho to Bethany, a distance of some twelve miles. St. John... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:28-48

The advent of the humble King. To illustrate still more thoroughly the character of his kingdom as one not of ostentation and worldly glory, but of humility, our Lord directed two of his disciples to procure for him a colt, the untrained foal of an ass, that he might ride into Jerusalem thereon. The marvellous way in which the ass was lent to him indicated preternatural knowledge. Upon this colt, then, he sat, and passed amid the hosannas of the people into the sacred city. But his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:29

And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany. Bethphage is never mentioned in the Old Testament, but in the Talmud we find it specified in some interesting ceremonial directions. It was evidently an outlying suburb of Jerusalem. Bethphage, which lay between the city and Bethany, was by the rabbis legally counted as part of Jerusalem. Bethany signifies" House of Dates," no doubt so called from its palm trees. Bethphage, "House of Green Figs," from its fig-orchards.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:30

Ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither . The account of this transaction is less circumstantial in St. Luke than in the other evangelists. The reference to the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 is here left out. This prophecy is, however, necessary for the full understanding of the mystic act of riding upon an ass's colt. St. Luke, compiling especially for Gentile readers, would feel that such a reference to the old Hebrew story would scarcely... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:31

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him . Had he not right here? surely the cattle on a thousand hills were his I St. Matthew not only mentions the colt, but also the ass. This little detail is unnoticed by St. Luke. Probably the colt, though not broken in, would go the more quietly accompanied by its mother. But the reason of St. Matthew's special mention of the ass as well as of the colt was the reference to Genesis 49:11 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 19:35

They cut their garments upon the colt . "An extemporized housing in default of the purple trappings. Doubtless the fittest of the proffered robes would be selected by the disciples" (Morrison). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 19:28-39

See the notes at Matthew 21:1-16. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 19:28-40

Luke 19:28-40. When he had thus spoken When he had finished the preceding parable in Zaccheus’s house; he went before Continued his journey, and led the way as foremost of the company, thus showing his readiness to suffer; ascending up to Jerusalem Being determined to appear there at the approaching passover, though he well knew that he was to encounter persecution and death there. And when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany Both these villages being situated at the foot of the... read more

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