Event · Jesus and the Gospels
Entry into Jerusalem
Entry into JerusalemMark 11:1–11AD 30 or AD 333 parallel accounts
Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a young donkey while crowds spread cloaks and branches and shout "Hosanna!"
- Main passage Mark 11:1–11
- Also told in Matthew 21:1–11Luke 19:28–44John 12:12–19
- Related Zechariah 9:9
People Jesus
- Place in the order
- Explicit biblical sequence Scripture itself gives the order of these events.
- Historical setting
- AD 30 or AD 33 Disputed date
Under Pontius Pilate (governor AD 26-36), on a Passover Friday. AD 30 and AD 33 are most often proposed.
Proposals: 7 April AD 30; 3 April AD 33
Read it
Mark 11:1–11 WEB
1When they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2and said to them, “Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him and bring him. 3If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs him;’ and immediately he will send him back here.” 4They went away, and found a young donkey tied at the door outside in the open street, and they untied him. 5Some of those who stood there asked them, “What are you doing, untying the young donkey?” 6They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go. 7They brought the young donkey to Jesus and threw their garments on it, and Jesus sat on it. 8Many spread their garments on the way, and others were cutting down branches from the trees and spreading them on the road. 9Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! 10Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” 11Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.