Mark 11:9 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 11:9

The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”

BSB

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ASV

And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

KJV

And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:

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Commentary

6 voices

Pseudo-Chrysostom

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (500)

(Cat. in Marc. Oxon.) Not indeed that He was compelled by necessity to ride on a colt from the mount of Olives to Jerusalem, for He had gone over Judæa and all Galilee on foot, but this action of His is typical. It goes on: And many spread their garments in the way: that is, under the feet of the colt; and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. This, however, was rather done to honour Him, and as a Sacrament, than of necessity.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

HOMILIES 94 (420)

The boys in the Gospel raised aloft their branches as the Savior entered Jerusalem. They kept on crying: "Hosanna." … They borrowed these versicles from Psalm 117. Hosanna, moreover, is the Hebrew for "O Lord, grant salvation!"

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And they that went before, and they that followed,.... They that came from Jerusalem to meet him, and they that followed him from Jericho and other parts; which two bodies, the one went before him, and the other followed after him: and cried, saying, Hosanna, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; See Gill on Mat 21:9.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was God that put it into the hearts of these people to cry Hosanna, who were not by art and management brought to it, as those were who afterward cried, Crucify, crucify. Christ reckons himself honoured by the faith and praises of the multitude, and it is God that brings people to do him this honour beyond their own intentions.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The event described in these verses, is a singular exception in the history of our Lord's earthly ministry. Generally speaking, we see Jesus withdrawing Himself from public notice — often passing His time in the remote parts of Galilee — not infrequently abiding in the wilderness — and so fulfilling the prophecy, that He should "not cry, nor strive, nor let His voice be heard in the streets." Here, and here only, our Lord appears to drop His private character, and of His own choice to call public attention to Himself.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
προάγοντες	proagontes	going before	G4254 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
ἀκολουθοῦντες	akolouthountes	following	G190 →
ἔκραζον	ekrazon	were crying out	G2896 →
ὡσαννά,	hōsanna	Hosanna!	G5614 →
εὐλογημένος	eulogēmenos	Blessed [is]	G2127 →
ὁ	ho	the [One]	G3588 →
ἐρχόμενος	erchomenos	coming	G2064 →
ἐν	en	in [the]	G1722 →
ὀνόματι	onomati	name	G3686 →
κυρίου,	kuriou	of [the] Lord!	G2962 →

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

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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
Matthew 21:9
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!”
leads to
- Psalms 118:24–26
  This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
- John 12:13–15
  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!”
- Luke 2:14
  “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- Matthew 23:39
  For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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!
- Luke 19:35–38
  Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.
Through
Matthew 23:39
For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
leads to
- Psalms 118:26
  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark