Palm Sunday
From Sensus Plenior
Ascended to Jerusalem
Bethphage
- Mr 11:1 ¶ And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
- Mt 21:1 ¶ And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
- Lu 19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
- Jo
Jerusalem = new teaching of peace Bethphage = house of unripe figs (Israel) Bethany = house of dates or misery (the repudiation יני) mount = har ( root of altar harel) olive = זית zayith - זת hold (final state of the bride) with new life (yod) two = two aspects of one Jesus = salvation of God, God with us disciples = learners (lamed)
- Mr 11:2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring [him].
- Mt 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose [them], and bring [them] unto me.
- Lu 19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
- Jo
colt = עיר ‘ayir city, watcher pun to אור ‘owr light loose = שׁלח shalach send forth, sword, sprout tied = אסר ‘acar bind, decree ass = אתון ‘athown, furnace
- Mr 11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
- Mt 21:3 And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
- Mt 21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
- Mt 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
- Mr 11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
- Mr 11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
- Mr 11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
- Mt 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
- Mr 11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
- Mt 21:7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set [him] thereon.
- Mr 11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed [them] in the way.
- Mt 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed [them] in the way.
- Mr 11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
- Mr 11:10 Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
- Mt 21:9 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.
- Mr 11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
- Mr 11:12 ¶ And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
- Mr 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].
fig = lies
- Mr 11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard [it].s
Bound colt
- Ge 49:9 Judah [is] a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
- Ge 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].
- Ge 49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
- Ge 49:12 His eyes [shall be] red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Fig tree cursed
Everyone rejected Christ. He had to die desolate. Even his disciples ran away.
The reversal of attitude between Palm Sunday and Friday, is easily explained by his encounters in the temple. The leaders were attempting to divide the people among themselves to split their apparent unity in Christ, and Jesus turns the argument to split the leaders from the people.
THEN he offends everyone. If the leaders are blind, so are the followers. Now that he has offended the crowd, his last few statements are heard as those of a megalomaniac.
- Mt 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.
- Mt 23:9 And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
- Mt 23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, [even] Christ. Mt 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. Mt 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
They thought the Messiah would set them free, and here he is setting himself up as their master. They have had enough of god-men (the Caesars).
The tree is the cross. Jesus had to be desolate on the cross. It was out of season to have fruit. There was to be no fruit before the cross. The 'curse' was not upon a tree, but upon himself who would hang on the tree, desolate. No one would eat (learn) from him in the flesh again, as he turned his eyes to the cross.
see קלל
- Jer 8:5 Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jer 8:6 I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
- Jer 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
- Jer 8:8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
- Jer 8:9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
- Jer 8:10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
- Jer 8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
- Jer 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
- Jer 8:13 ¶ I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: [there shall be] no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them.
- Joe 1:11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
- Joe 1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
- Joe 1:13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
- Joe 1:14 ¶ Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
- Joe 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
On Palm Sunday
- Mr 11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
- Mr 11:12 ¶ And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
- Mr 11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].
- Mr 11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard [it].
- Mr 11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
- Mr 11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry [any] vessel through the temple.
- Mr 11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Mr 11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard [it], and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
- Mr 11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.
- Mr 11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
- Mr 11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
- Mr 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
- Mr 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
- Mr 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have [them].
- Mr 11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
- Mr 11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
- Mt 21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
- Mt 21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
- Mt 21:12 ¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
- Mt 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
- Mt 21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
- Mt 21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
- Mt 21:16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
- Mt 21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
- Mt 21:18 ¶ Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
- Mt 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
- Mt 21:20 And when the disciples saw [it], they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
- Mt 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this [which is done] to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
- Mt 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
