When they were approaching Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, “Why are you doing this?” just say this, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here immediately."
Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut in the fields. Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting,
‘Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!’
Mark 11: 1 - 3; 7 - 10
Jesus understood who he was. The scriptures had said that the Messiah would come to Jerusalem riding on a donkey. Jesus knew that his time had come - he needs a donkey! So he sends his disciples on this trip so that everyone who hears this would know that this was no accident, that Jesus was not caught up in the current of events but was fully aware of who he was, what he was doing and what was to come. He knows that he is Messiah and what is waiting for him in Jerusalem.
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