Day 1: Jesus is King

Crowds welcome Jesus to Jerusalem
Matthew 21:1-11

As we gathered in the Marketplace tonight, we saw a woman tell her husband all about the amazing things she had seen earlier in the day. She was excited to tell him how everyone had greeted Jesus.

When she told him that people kept saying "Hosanna" to greet Jesus as he entered Jerusalem, her husband wondered if maybe the man's name was Hosanna. She had to explain that this Jesus was their king, and that's why everyone had been so glad to welcome him into the city by putting their cloaks and palm branches along his path.

It seemed like everyone in the Marketplace was talking about Jesus. Even the Roman soldier who kept wandering around wanted to know more about this man.