Luke 19:28-48: “Jesus’ Triumphal Entry Into
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1.
INTRO:
1.1.
In our last study, we looked
at verses 1-27 of chapter 19.
1.1.1. A chief tax gatherer named Zaccheus determined that he wanted to try
and see Jesus however because he was small he was afraid that he would not be
able to see Jesus, so he climbed up in a Sycamore Tree and waited up the road
for Jesus to come to him. We saw that
Jesus walked right up to the tree and called Zaccheus by name and told him to
come down for he must stay at Zaccheus’s house that day. We saw how that Jesus was in the business of
initiating relationships with people for the purpose of leading them to
salvation.
1.1.2. Jesus taught the Parable Of The Minas which is very similar to the
parable found in Matthew’s gospel called, “The Parable Of The Talents.” We talked about the stewardship that the Lord
wants and expects us to have.
1.2.
In this study we will look
at verses 28-48 of chapter 19.
1.2.1. Jesus will make His triumphal entry into
1.2.2. Jesus will weep over
1.2.3. Jesus will drive the money changers from the temple.
2. VS 19:28-34 - “28
After He had said these things, He was going on ahead, going up to
2.1.
We have now entered the last
week of Jesus’ life. Jesus will be
crucified during the Passover at the end of this week.
2.2.
Jesus’ enters into Jerusalem
on this week before the Passover knowing full well that He has come here to
fulfill that which scripture foretold concerning the Messiah and that which He
has prophesied about Himself at least six times: He will be rejected by the religious leaders,
suffer at their hands, be crucified and die, and then be raised up from the
dead three days later.
2.2.1. What great love for mankind Jesus displays by His brave actions this
last week of His life.
2.2.2. What determination Jesus shows as He keeps to His purpose of being the
sacrifice that will make the full payment for the sins of all mankind.
2.3.
Evidently without cluing in
His disciples, Jesus is setting up conditions in preparation for His own
triumphal entry into
2.3.1. Jesus tells two disciples that they are to go up to the village ahead
and that they would find there ‘a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat.’ Then, if anyone asks them why they are
untying the donkey they are simply to tell them that ‘The Lord has need of
it.’ Every detail and event then
came about just as Jesus said that it would, they find a colt who had never
been mounted, untied it and told its owners that the Lord had need of it, and
the owners let them have the colt.
2.4.
What a comfort it is for us who
are Christians to reflect upon the fact that nothing takes our Lord by
surprise. He is prepared for every
situation in our life before it even occurs.
He knows how He will provide for us, from where our protection will
come, what resource we will need at every moment in order to survive, what
knowledge we will need to gain in preparation for every task, etc., etc. We just need to trust the Lord in every
situation and look to Him so that we will be able to see what He has planned to
supply us and how He wants to work with and in us.
2.5.
J.C. Ryle has written the
following, “The thought of Christ’s perfect knowledge should alarm sinners
and awaken them to repentance. The great
Head of the Church knows them and all their doings. The Judge of all sees them continually, and
marks down all their ways. There is “no
darkness where the workers of iniquity can hide themselves.” (Job xxxiv. 22.) If they go into the secret chamber the eyes
of Christ are there. If they privately
scheme villany and plot wickedness, Christ knows it and observes it. If they speak secretly against the righteous,
Christ hears. They may deceive men all
their life long, but they cannot deceive Christ. A day comes when God “will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according
to the Gospel.” (
2.6.
Another thing that was
happening on this day as these disciples were procuring this donkey for Jesus
to ride into Jerusalem upon is that scripture was being fulfilled, for the
following was long before prophesied to occur in Zechariah
9:9, “9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph,
O daughter of
2.7.
Many people also see Daniel 9:25 fulfilled by
Jesus. That prophesy gave a precise date
for when the Messiah was to first appear, and some have taken what we know as
the date of Cyrus’ decree to rebuild Jerusalem and by using Daniel’s formula of
seven years equals a prophetic week, determined that Jesus appeared exactly to
the day 483 years ( (62+7)weeks x 7 = 483) after Cyrus decree, right on
schedule for the fulfillment of the prophesy.
2.7.1. Daniel
9:24-29 gives us the prophetic timetable for the events of Biblical prophesy
related to the end times, “24 “Seventy weeks have been decreed
for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end
of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness,
to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. 25 “So you are to know and discern that
from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah
the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be
built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. 26 “Then
after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the
people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary.
And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war;
desolations are determined. 27 “And he will make a firm covenant
with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to
sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one
who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is
poured out on the one who makes desolate.”
3. VS 19:35-40 - “35
They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on the colt and put
Jesus on it. 36 As He was going, they were spreading their
coats on the road. 37 As soon as He was approaching, near the
descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to
praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen,
38 shouting: “Blessed is the
King who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the
highest!” 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him,
“Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” 40 But Jesus answered, “I tell
you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”” - Jesus’ makes His Triumphal
Entry into
3.1.
In Jesus’ day, kings would
enter a land to make peace riding upon a donkey. This is the means by which the Messiah was
prophesied to make His entrance to
3.2.
We see here that it was
Jesus’ disciples who placed their coats on the colt as a saddle and then placed
Jesus upon the colt. Then, other
disciples and a multitude who was there with Jesus on this day placed their
coats on the road for Jesus to ride over into Jerusalem, and in this way gave
Him the “red carpet” treatment, so to speak. They were welcoming Jesus to
3.3.
The place where the people
were spreading their coats on the road is ‘near the descent of the
3.3.1. Acts 1:9-12,
“9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while
they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And
as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men
in white clothing stood beside them. 11 They also said, “Men of
3.3.2. Zechariah
14:4, “4 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be
split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of
the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.”
3.4.
In Matthew’s and Mark’s
account of this event, Matt. 21:8 and Mark 11:8, we read that the people were
placing “palm branches” along with their garments on the road on this
day for Jesus to ride on. For whatever
reason, Luke does not include the palm branches.
3.5.
In 2 Kings 9:11-13, we read
that when the people made Jehu to be their king that they placed their coats
under him also at that time. Perhaps the
disciples were remembering that incident in the Old Testament as they were preparing
for
3.6.
This phrase that the
disciples and multitude were chanting on this day is a Messianic passage from Psalm
118:22-26 and was part of prayers that were prayed in anticipation of the
Messiah each year during the “Feast Of Tabernacles,” : 22 The stone
which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone. 23 This
is the Lord’s doing; It is
marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be
glad in it. 25 O Lord,
do save, we beseech You; O Lord,
we beseech You, do send prosperity! 26 Blessed is the one who comes
in the name of the Lord; We have
blessed you from the house of the Lord.
3.7.
The “Infoplease” website has the following
encyclopedia entry for “Feast of Tabernacles,” and note the tie in to
the people on this day placing palm branches on the road for Jesus as He was
entering
Tabernacles, Feast of, one of the oldest and most joyous of Jewish holidays, called in the
Bible the Feast of Ingathering and today often called by its Hebrew name,
Sukkoth [Heb.,=booth]. The holiday begins on the 15th day of Tishri, the
seventh month in the Jewish calendar, and lasts for eight days (seven days in
3.8.
Matthew in his gospel, Matt.
21:9, has the multitude on this day crying out to Jesus, saying “Hosanna” : 9 The
crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to
the Son of David; Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!”
3.8.1. The Greek word translated ‘Hosanna’ in Matthew’s passage is a
word that means, “Save us!” Using
this word implies that the people understood the significance of Jesus’
triumphant entry into
3.8.2. A secular source, the
(h
z
n´
) (KEY) [Heb.,=save now; Psalm
118], an intensified imperative, a cry, addressed to God, particularly used in
the Feast of Tabernacles, when prayers for rain were offered. In the New
Testament the crowd shouted it when Jesus entered
3.9.
Luke doesn’t use this word
“Hosanna” which the people were crying out, however he does use a phrase that
reflects the role of the Messiah in the latter days, ‘Peace in
heaven and glory in the highest.’
3.10.
The Pharisees who were present
with Jesus on this day are offended that the people would give praise to Jesus
the acclaim that was deserving of the Messiah.
These Pharisees refused to see the truth that Jesus was indeed
fulfilling all of the Old Testament scripture which prophesied the events that
would occur during Messiah’s ministry, and thus they were also blinded to what
God was doing in Jesus’ life. Jesus
refuses to rebuke His disciples and tells these Pharisees that if His disciples
didn’t give Him praise that inanimate objects such as ‘rocks’ would cry
out in testimony of praise to Jesus.
3.10.1.
I’ll bet they didn’t like
being made by Jesus to feel dumber than a rock!
4. VS 19:41-44 - “41
When He approached
4.1.
We see in these verses Jesus
weeping over the people of the city of Jerusalem because they had been blind to
the things that God was doing in her midst in bringing to them the Messiah, and
now judgment was determined for them.
4.2.
Jesus’ weeping for the people
of the city of Jerusalem is even more intriguing when we consider the fact that
He had known all along that these same people would in just a few days unjustly
condemn, torture and punish Him in the most horrible and painful of ways, by
crucifixion unto death. This just
reveals to us the fact that God doesn’t hate His enemies, those who reject His
rule over their lives, but rather He still loves and reaches out to them in
hopes of their coming to salvation through Christ. We read about how the Lord feels about those
who are lost and rebellious in sever places in scripture, including:
4.2.1. In Ezek. 33:11 we read that the Lord takes no pleasure in the death of
the wicked, “11 “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares
the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure
in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and
live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house
of Israel?’”
4.2.2. In 2 Peter 3:9, the scriptures tell us that the Lord does not desire
for any to perish, “9 The Lord is not slow about His
promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any
to perish but for all to come to repentance.”
4.3.
We Christians ought to have such love for the lost as
Jesus. We ought to ask the Lord to give
us a great love for the souls of men that we would desire more than anything
that men should be saved. We should also
desire to be like the apostle Paul who loved the Jews, his countrymen, to such
an extent he wrote that he would gladly be condemned to hell if his countrymen
would be saved.
4.4.
From these verses, we see
that the Lord does not exempt from judgment those who are blind from the truth
if they have had the chance to hear it and yet have instead willfully refused
to hear, especially those who call themselves the Lord’s people. Willful ignorance of the truth always leads
to judgment from God.
4.5.
These verses also reveal
that after a person refuses to hear the truth that eventually the Lord in
judgment hides the truth from them so that they can’t see it, for He says to
the people concerning the truth, ‘now they have been hidden from your
eyes.’
4.6.
Notice how thorough the
coming judgment is that is promised against the people of
4.6.1. ‘Your
enemies will throw up a barricade against you.’
4.6.2. Your enemies
will ‘surround you and hem you in on every side.’
4.6.3. Your enemes
will ‘level you to the ground and your children within you.’
4.6.4. Your enemies
will ‘not leave in you one stone upon another.’
4.6.4.1. All of the buildings
will be leveled in
4.7.
These judgments against
About
40 years later, (32AD-70AD) and exactly as prophesied by Jesus Christ, the
magnificent "Herod's
The Jewish zealots, reacting in opposition
to Caligula’s campaign began a revolt against
Thus, Jerusalem was totally destroyed as
Jesus had predicted, and not one stone was left upon another. When the
…By 70 A.D.,
4.8.
Jesus tells His disciples that these judgments would
come against the people of the city of
4.8.1. The Lord
sometimes comes and “visits” His people and He expects that they will
hear His voice and respond to what He is doing when He visits them. Every people of God sometimes has God visit
them. God visits every family. He visits every church. When He comes to us we must be found having
ears to hear and respond to what He is wanting to teach us, and do with us and
in our midst.
5. VS 19:45-48 - “45
Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling, 46
saying to them, “It is written, ‘And
My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers’ den.”
47 And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests
and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy
Him, 48 and they could not find anything that they might do, for all
the people were hanging on to every word He said.” - Jesus drives the money changers from the
temple
5.1.
The Jews in Jesus’ day had
taken the Court of the Gentiles in the temple where Gentiles were to come and
worship, and had allowed people to sell animals for sacrifice there as well as
other merchandise. I surmise that it
probably wasn’t the fact that people sold animals there for sacrifice that
bothered Jesus, but rather it was the way that they did it. The people selling the animals told the
worshippers that only the animals that were sold in the temple were certified
as being without spot or blemish and therefore they were the only animals that
anyone could sacrifice. Then, they
charged a huge price for these animals.
People who came to the temple just to pray, worship, and learn about the
Lord ended up instead being defrauded and robbed. Plus, where were the Gentiles to worship? This was a travesty.
5.2.
In the gospels we see that
this is really the second time that Jesus scourged the temple and drove the
money changers out of it. He did this
when He first began His ministry (John 2:13-17), and He did it at the end of
His ministry (as recorded here).
5.3.
Jesus had such great zeal
and love for the Lord that He was deeply troubled and offended when the Lord’s
Name was profaned. It bothered Him also
that Gentiles who would come to the temple in order to get to know the God of
5.3.1. We in the church need more people today who really care whether or not
the Lord is worshipped and honored or not.
A stinging rebuke that comes from godly zeal is appropriate at times and
the Lord can use it to purify His people.
5.4.
Notice that Jesus says to
those whom He is driving out of the temple that they are robbers and that
instead of the temple being a place where God is worshipped and people brought
to salvation in the Lord, instead it had become a ‘robber’s den.’
5.5.
It was a tremendous miracle
of God also that one man could drive all of those who were money changers and
selling various merchandise out of the temple with ease? Someone has said that this may well have been
Jesus’ greatest miracle.
5.6.
Notice here that it says
that during this last week of His life after entering into Jerusalem that He
was in the temple daily teaching people and that though the Pharisees wanted to
find a time to be able to catch Him and have Him put to death that there were
always so many people around Him that the Pharisees were not able or willing to
approach Him. Jesus will be crucified
but it will only occur at the proper time and when the Lord has willingly “laid
His life down.”
5.7.
Notice that Jesus had such popularity
with the people that it says here that they were ‘hanging
on to every word He said.’ It will only be when the religious leaders
have sufficiently poisoned the minds of the people that they will in just a few
days be crying out to have Jesus be crucified.
The people reveal just how fickle they really are for one day they are
laying their coats and palm branches down in the road for Jesus to ride over
upon His donkey as He is making His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and just a
week later they are asking for a robber named Barabas to be released to them so
that Jesus could be crucified.
6. CONCLUSIONS:
6.1.
As we consider the events of
Jesus’ life covered in this study, we need to think about the things that the
Lord wants us to apply to our own life.
As we consider Jesus’ omniscience being in total control of the events
on this day as seen by sending His disciples into the city to get a donkey for
Him, we need to rest in our God and His abilities and provisions for our
life. The Lord knows all about our
goings out and coming in, including all of our very needs, and He already knows
how He will provide for each and every need.
Look to Him and His resources.
6.2.
As we consider the great
love that Jesus had for Jerusalem that even though He knew that the people were
soon going to beat and kill Him that He still weeps tears of sorrow for them
because of the judgment that is going to come upon them, we too need to be
challenged to love the lost and the unloveable with such a godly love of their
souls.
6.3.
As we consider Jesus’
scourging of the temple because of His great zeal and love for the Lord, we
Christians ought to be challenged that we too should have great love and zeal
for the Lord and desire more than anything that the Lord be properly honored
and worshipped at all times.