The Triumphal Entry
It is the day of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem as the Messiah on a donkey, with 5 days to go until His death.
We now call this day Palm Sunday, which may have been either 6th April AD32 or 4th April AD33. It was 10th Nisan in the Jewish calendar no matter which year in the Gregorian calender.
Called the triumphal entry.
Background Reading:
Luke 19:28-44
The Triumphal Entry
28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 "Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.'"
32 Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
34 They replied, "The Lord needs it."
35 They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.
37 When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
38 "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!"
"Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
40 "I tell you," he replied, "if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out."
41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42 and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you."
Further reading:- Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:29-44, John 12:12-19, Psalm 118, Zechariah 9:9
More Information:
The Donkey
We do not know the name or breed of the donkey Jesus used.
Jerusalem covered one square mile and had an estimated population of
200,000. With one million Pilgrims yearly. Mainly arriving for the religious feasts.
From AD6 looked after by a number of Roman procurators. e.g. Pilate AD26-AD36, Felix AD52-59AD, Festus AD59-AD62
Possible date 6th April AD32 and 38 years later in AD70 Vespasian took Jerusalem after 9 months and killed about one Million inhabitants.
Artaxeixes Longimanns made a decree that the Temple in Jerusalem could be rebuilt 14th March 445Bc and 173,880 days later Meshiach Nagid rode in on a donkey April 6th AD32.