MATTHEW 21:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?”
And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying: who is this? The whole city was stirred up — the same word used for Herod's disturbance at the magi's arrival (Matthew 2:3). The city that rejected the prophets (Matthew 23:37) is stirred by the king's arrival. The who is this question is the crowd's bewilderment at the meaning of the processional they have just witnessed.
Church Fathers on Matthew 21:10
When Jesus entered with the multitudes, the whole city of Jerusalem was moved, wondering at the crowds, and not knowing the power.
With good reason were they moved at sight of a thing so to be wondered at. Man was praised as God, but it was the God that was praised in the man. But, I suppose, that neither they who praised knew what they praised, but the Spirit that suddenly inspired there poured forth the words of truth.
Moreover, when Jesus entered the true Jerusalem, they cried out, wondering at His heavenly virtues, and said, 'Who is this King of glory?' [Ps 24:8]
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