Matthew Chapter 21 verse 8 Holy Bible
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.
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And all the people put their clothing down in the way; and others got branches from the trees, and put them down in the way.
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But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way.
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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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A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
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and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,
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Matthew 21 : 8 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - A very great multitude; ὁ δὲ πλεῖστος ὄχλος: Revised Version, the most part of the multitude. This interpretation has classical authority (see Alford), but the words may well mean," the very great multitude;" Vulgate, plurima autem turba. This crowd was composed of pilgrims who were coming to the festival at Jerusalem, and "the whole multitude of the disciples" (Luke 19:37). Spread their garments (ἱμάτια) in the way. Fired with enthusiasm, they stripped off their abbas, as the two disciples had done, and with them made a carpet over which the Saviour should ride. Such honours were often paid to great men, and indeed, as we well know, are offered now on state occasions. Branches from the trees. St. John (John 12:13) particularizes palm trees as having been used on this occasion; but there was abundance of olive and other trees, from which branches and leaves could be cut or plucked to adorn the Saviour's road. The people appear to have behaved on this occasion as if at the Feast of Tabernacles, roused by enthusiasm to unpremeditated action. Of the three routes which lay before him, Jesus is supposed to have taken the southern and most frequented, between the Mount of Olives and the Hill of Offence.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) And a very great multitude.--Better, the greater part of the multitude. Part of the crowd had come with Him from Galilee, part streamed from Bethany, excited by the recent resurrection of Lazarus (John 12:17). Some went before Him, some followed. As they advanced they were met by a fresh crowd pouring forth from Jerusalem. Of the latter, St. John records that they came out with palm-branches in their hands, as if to salute a king with the symbols of his triumph. (Comp. Revelation 7:9.)Spread their garments in the way.--This, again, was a recognised act of homage to a king. So Jehu, when the officers of the army of Israel chose him as their ruler, walked upon the garments which they spread beneath his feet (2Kings 9:13). So Agamemnon, tempted to an act of barbaric pomp, after the manner of Eastern kings, entered his palace at Mycenae, walking upon costly carpets ('schylus, Agam. 891).
