NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 13

John 12:13

they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna!^† Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,^† the King of Israel!”

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John 12:13 in context

John 12:10–16

But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also,

because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

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they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna!^† Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,^† the King of Israel!”

Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written,

“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.

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Notes from World English Bible Updated

“Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
Psalms 118:25-26

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