“And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.”
Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowd's reception — spreading cloaks and branches on the road — is the royal reception of a king. The branches from the trees echo the Feast of Tabernacles' branch-waving (Leviticus 23:40) and Psalm 118:27 (bind the festal sacrifice with branches). The entire scene is the fulfillment of the Psalm 118 royal entry that the crowd's Hosanna cry will shortly quote.
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