John 12:12-19

Bible Text

[12] On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, [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!" [14] Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written, [15] "Don't be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt." [16] 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. [17] The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it. [18] For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. [19] The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."

Bethany, east of Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives, was where Jesus had recently raised Lazarus; Galilee was the northern region from which many pilgrims knew his ministry. Jerusalem and its biblical name Zion are the holy city’s center of worship and Davidic hope, making Jesus’ entry there a public fulfillment of messianic expectation.

Places in this passage

John 12:12-19 mentions Bethany, Galilee, Jerusalem and Zion.

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