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MATTHEW 21:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 21:8Matt 21:10
“And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.”
And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting: Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest! The Hosanna shout is the Psalm 118:25–26 cry: the people are quoting the psalm of the king's processional entry into the temple. Hosanna is the Hebrew hoshia-na — save now — which had become a liturgical acclamation. The Son of David title is the messianic designation. The blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord is the coronation greeting. The crowds are enacting a messianic coronation.

Church Fathers on Matthew 21:9

The Evangelist related above that the Lord departed from Galilee, and began to go up to Jerusalem. Being now occupied with telling what He did by the way, he proceeds in his purpose, saying, 'And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage.' Bethphage was a small village of the priests, situated on the declivity of Mount Olivet, one mile distant from Jerusalem. For the priests who ministered in the temple their apportioned time, when their office of…

Remigius · 9th century

Whence Bethphage is interpreted, The house of the Shoulder; for the shoulder was the priest’s portion in the Law. It follows, 'Then Jesus sent two of his disciples.'

Origen · 3rd century

He said not to His disciples, Say, Thy Lord, or Your Lord, hath need of them; that they may understand, that He is Lord alone, not of the beasts only, but of all men; for even sinners are by the law of nature His, though by their own will they are the Devil’s.

Pseudo-Chrysostom · 5th century
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