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which speak of bad ground, birds of the air, tares sown by an enemy, corrupting leaven, a
treasure found and hidden again, and a harvest "at the end of the age".
In chapter 21: the Lord makes His public entry into Jerusalem. He will bring before
the people yet once again the fact that in Himself the prophecies of the King and
Kingdom found their fulfillment. He rides into Jerusalem, fulfilling the words of
Zechariah, "Behold, THY KING COMETH" (21: 5). The multitudes (ochloi) cried:--
"Hosannah to the Son of David. Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord;
Hosannah in the highest" (21: 9).
Luke 19: 38 renders the cry:--
"Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory
in the highest."
Mark 11: 9, 10 reads:--
"Hosannah, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord, Blessed is the
Kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosannah in the
highest."
A crowd never says exactly the same words throughout a period of acclamation and
each Gospel gives a faithful report of the varied utterances, while all assert the one great
fact, that here, in the person of the Son of David, was the promised King and Kingdom.
Once more the leaders of the people are displeased:--
"When the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the
children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosannah to the Son of David; they were sore
displeased" (Matt. 21: 15).
Once again it is evident that the public recognition of Christ as the Son of David
threatened their own position and authority.
The last occurrence of the words "Son of David" coincides with the last question
addressed to the Lord by His enemies:--
"While the Pharisees were gathered together (after having endeavoured in vain to
entangle Him by their questions), Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ?
Whose Son is He? They say unto Him, The Son of David. He saith unto them, How then
doth David in spirit call Him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My
right hand, till I make Thine enemies Thy footstool? If David then call Him Lord, how is
He his Son? And no man was able to answer Him a word, neither durst any man from
that day forth ask Him any more questions" (22: 41-46).
Immediately following this passage comes the terrible denunciation of woe against the
leaders of the people who sit in Moses' seat and bind heavy burdens upon their backs,
which is concluded by the lament over Jerusalem and the solemn allusion to the
Hosannah of 21: 9:--