Application. When our Lord Jesus shed tears at the grave of Lazarus, the Jews said: “See how He loved him!” But Jesus has done far more for you. He has shed His Precious Blood for you, and given His Life for you. Can you not see how Jesus loves you? And how much do you love Him? How do you show your love?
Have you ever been a thief? Have you ever pilfered sugar, fruit, cakes &c. from your parents; or taken apples &c. which did not belong to you? If you have, you are a thief. Do you not know the Seventh Commandment?
Chapter LVI.
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM.
[Mat 22, 1 — 11. Mark 11, 1 — 10. Luke 19, 29 — 38.]
ON the following morning[1] Jesus left Bethania and went to Jerusalem. When He had come to Bethphage[2], on the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, saying: “Go ye into the village that is over against you, and immediately you shall find an ass and a colt[3] with her. Loose them and bring them to Me. And if any man shall say anything to you, say ye that the Lord hath need of them.”
So the disciples went and found the colt standing as Jesus had said. They therefore brought the ass and the colt[4] to Jesus, and, laying their garments upon it, they made Jesus sit thereon. Now many wished to see Jesus, because He had raised Lazarus from the dead. When, therefore, Jesus was near the city, His disciples and a great multitude[5] spread their garments in the way:
- ↑ Following morning. Jesus had passed Friday and Saturday (Sabbath) at Bethania, where He was anointed by Mary. On the next day, Sunday, He made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- ↑ Bethphage. A little village situated to the west of Bethania, on the summit of the Mount of Olives, and not far from Jerusalem.
- ↑ A colt. “On which no man hath sitten”, added our Lord. Therefore the first service performed by this beast was dedicated to Him.
- ↑ The ass and the colt. The disciples brought the ass as well as the colt to Jesus, because this last, having never been separated from its mother, might have proved unmanageable without her.
- ↑ A great multitude. The news of the raising of Lazarus had spread through
