Matthew 21:8

And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.

Professor Isaac Hull, as quoted by Hallock, says:

David was welcomed by singing and dancing women, out of all the cities of Israel, as he came back from the slaughter of the Philistines. Herodotus records that when Xerxes passed over the bridge of the Hellespont, the way before him was strewed with branches of myrtle, while burning perfumes filled the air. Quintius Curtius tells of the scattering of flowers in the way before Alexander the Great when he entered Babylon. Monier saw the way of a Persian ruler strewn with roses for three miles, while glass vessels filled with sugar were broken under his horses' feet.[1]

Many historical examples of triumphal entries could be cited; but no triumph ever known at any time or place could be compared with that staged by the world's True Light on that last Sunday preceding his resurrection, a day called from the earliest Christian times "Palm Sunday," the name being derived from the branches cut from trees and spread in the way. The truly wonderful thing about Jesus' triumph is that it is still going on.