Preaching Commentary
Introduction
This guide is often read on Palm Sunday and it is especially interesting when read in light of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. All the gospels include a quotation of part of Psalm 118:26. As an example,
Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
(Mt 21:9, Ps 118:26 emphasized)
For this to make it into all of the gospels (see also Mk 11:9, Lk 19:38, and Jn 12:13), it must be pretty important. [a]
We shouldn't just look at just 118:26, though. There is an interpretive theory for NT quotations of the OT, known as metalepsis, that insists, and I think correctly, that the NT writer has the larger context in mind…
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