As the writer of the Gospel of Luke tells it, the Pharisees who were gathered around Jesus during his Triumphal Entry on what is now known as Palm Sunday, ask the teacher to order his disciples to stop proclaiming so loudly that “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” The Pharisees are concerned about collecting the attention of the authorities for this deeply political event and action. The theater of the Triumphal Entry is not subtle – Jesus is coming in as a new King, not the King the Jewish people expect, not the King that will accommodate the Roman authorities, but a king nevertheless.
The apparent politics of Holy Week
The apparent politics of Holy Week
The apparent politics of Holy Week
As the writer of the Gospel of Luke tells it, the Pharisees who were gathered around Jesus during his Triumphal Entry on what is now known as Palm Sunday, ask the teacher to order his disciples to stop proclaiming so loudly that “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” The Pharisees are concerned about collecting the attention of the authorities for this deeply political event and action. The theater of the Triumphal Entry is not subtle – Jesus is coming in as a new King, not the King the Jewish people expect, not the King that will accommodate the Roman authorities, but a king nevertheless.