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daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is
coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a
donkey, a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off
the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem; the battle bow
shall be cut off. He shall speak peace to the nations; His dominion
shall be 'from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the
earth.' As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit
- Zechariah 9:9-10, ~480 B.C.
Now when they
drew near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives,
He sent two of His disciples; and
He said to them, "Go into the village opposite you; and as soon as you
have entered it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat.
Loose it and bring it. And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing
this?' say, 'The Lord has need of it,' and immediately he will send it
here." So they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door
outside on the street, and they loosed it. But some of those who stood
there said to them, "What are you doing, loosing the colt?" And they
spoke to them just as Jesus had commanded. So they let them go.
Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and
He sat on it. And many spread their clothes on the road, and
others cut down leafy branches from the trees and spread them on the
road. Then
those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying:
Hosanna!
'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'
Blessed is the kingdom of our father David.
Hosanna in the highest!
- Mark 11:1-10
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