Matthew 21:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 21:8

A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; and others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.

KJV

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

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Commentary

4 voices

Pseudo-Chrysostom

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (500)

Never before had the Lord employed the services of beasts, nor surrounded Himself with the ornaments of green boughs, till now when He is going up to Jerusalem to suffer. He moved them that beheld to do that which they had before desired to do; so it was opportunity that was now given them, not their purpose that was changed.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

The multitudes that came out of Jericho, and followed the Saviour, cast down their garments, and strewed the way with branches of trees; and therefore it follows, But the multitudes spread their garments in the way; that is, beneath the feet of the ass, that it should not stumble against a stone, nor tread upon a thorn, nor fall into a ditch. Others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way; from the fruit-trees, that is, with which mount Olivet was clothed.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And a very great multitude,.... Which consisted partly of the great multitude which followed Christ from Jericho, and partly of the much people that were come up to the feast of the passover from divers parts, and met him from Jerusalem; see Joh 12:12. These, many of them, for it cannot be thought to be done by them all, spread their garments in the way; either in the middle of the road, instead of carpets, to ride upon; the Persic version adds, "that he might pass over them": this they did, in honour to him as a king.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Cut down branches from the trees - Carrying palm and other branches was emblematical of victory and success. See 1 Maccabees 13:51; 2 Maccabees 10:7; and Rev 7:9. The rabbins acknowledge that the prophecy in Zechariah refers to the Messiah; so Rab. Tancum, and Yalcut Rubeni has a strange story about the ass. “This ass is the colt of that ass which was created in the twilight of the sixth day. This is the ass which Abraham found when he went to sacrifice his son.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
πλεῖστος	pleistos	very great	G4118 →
ὄχλος	ochlos	crowd	G3793 →
ἔστρωσαν	estrōsan	spread	G4766 →
ἑαυτῶν	he'autōn	their own	G1438 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
ἱμάτια	himatia	cloaks	G2440 →
ἐν	en	on	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ὁδῷ,	hodō	road,	G3598 →
ἄλλοι	alloi	others	G243 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἔκοπτον	ekopton	were cutting down	G2875 →
κλάδους	kladous	branches	G2798 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
δένδρων	dendrōn	trees	G1186 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐστρώννυον	estrōnnuon	were spreading [them]	G4766 →
ἐν	en	on	G1722 →
τῇ	tēa	the	G3588 →
ὁδῷ.	hodō	road.	G3598 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 12:13
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
leads to
- Psalms 118:25–26
  O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
- Revelation 15:3
  and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Matthew 21:9–11
  The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
- Luke 19:35–38
  Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.
- Mark 11:8–10
  Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.
Through
Leviticus 23:40
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to…
leads to
- Revelation 7:9
  After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- Philippians 4:4
  Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Through
2 Kings 9:13
Quickly, each man took his garment and put it under Jehu on the bare steps. Then they blew the ram’s horn and proclaimed, “Jehu is king!”
leads to
- 1 Kings 1:39
  Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew