Some of the crowds began to shout with the disciples. A great cry of "Hosanna!" went ringing down the street. Everyone seemed to be saying it. "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." Some cut branches from the trees, and waved them before the Messiah. It was a royal welcome.
Only the priests and the rulers and the Pharisees were sorry to see Jesus come.
"What is there we can do?" they said to one another. "Look, the whole world has gone after him!"
The excitement spread through the city. There were strangers there who had never heard of Jesus.
"Who is this?" they asked.
Others who knew him answered, "Why, this is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."
Jesus went into the Temple and looked about at the crowds which thronged it. This was his Father's house and his house. These were his Father's people and his people.