Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

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The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem is the New Testament event in which Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey while crowds acclaim him as the promised Messiah, marking the beginning of Holy Week.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament event
biblical event
event in the life of Jesus
featuresAcclamation crowds acclaim Jesus as Messiah
crowds shout "Hosanna"
featuresAction Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey
featuresAnimal donkey
featuresCrowdAction crowds spread branches on the road
crowds spread cloaks on the road
featuresSymbol colt
fulfillsProphecy Psalm 118:25–26
Zechariah 9:9
hasAlternativeName Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
surface form: "Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem"

Palm Sunday
surface form: "Palm Sunday procession"
hasLocation Bethphage
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
Jewish Temple
surface form: "Temple in Jerusalem"
hasMainParticipant Jesus Christ
surface form: "Jesus of Nazareth"
hasScripturalReference John 12:12–19
Luke 19:28–44
Mark 11:1–11
Matthew 21:1–11
hasTheologicalSignificance introduces the Passion of Christ
presents Jesus as king of Israel
public manifestation of Jesus as the promised Messiah
hasTime shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover
isAssociatedWith blessing of palms
processions with branches
isCommemoratedOn Palm Sunday
isDepictedIn Christian art
Christian hymnody
Christian liturgy
isLiturgicallyObservedBy Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: "Eastern Orthodox Church"

Lutheran churches
Reformed churches
Roman Catholicism
surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
isNarratedIn Gospel of John
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
marksBeginningOf Holy Week
precedesEvent Cleansing of the Temple
Crucifixion of Jesus
Last Supper

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bethphage associatedWithEvent Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
this entity surface form: "Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem"
Jesus Christ associatedWithEvent Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday commemorates Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
this entity surface form: "triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem"
Mount of Olives eventSite Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
this entity surface form: "Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem"
Last Supper follows Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem hasAlternativeName Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
this entity surface form: "Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem"
Palm Sunday relatedScripture Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
this entity surface form: "Zechariah 9:9"

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