The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
— Mark 11:9
After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
— Luke 19:28
Christianity is at its best when it is peculiar, marginalized, suffering, and it is at its worst when it is popular, credible, triumphal, and powerful.
— Shane Claiborne
Then they led the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and He sat on it.