|Matt. 21:1-11, 14-17 11 And he entered into Jerusalem,|10 And when he was come into | Jerusalem, all the city was | stirred, saying, Who is this? |11 And the multitudes said, This | is the prophet, Jesus, from |14 Nazareth of Galilee. And | the blind and lame came to | him in the temple: and he |15 healed them. But when the chief | priests and the scribes saw the | wonderful things that he did, | and the children that were into the temple; | crying in the temple and | saying, Hosanna to the son of | David; they were moved with |16 indignation, and said unto him, | Hearest thou what these are | saying? And Jesus saith unto | them, Yea: did ye never read | [_see Ps. 8:2_], Out of the and when | mouths of babes and sucklings he had looked round about upon |17 thou hast perfected praise? And all things, it being now | he left them, and went forth eventide, he went out unto | out of the city to Bethany, and Bethany with the twelve. | lodged there. [Footnote 1: Or, _through_.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _sendeth_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _again_.] [Footnote 4: Gr. _layers of leaves_.] [Footnote 5: Gr. _powers_.] [Footnote 6: Or, _Teacher_.] [Footnote 7: Or, _O that thou hadst known_.] [Footnote 8: Gr. _palisade_.] [Footnote 9: Some ancient authorities read _the common people_.] [Footnote 10: Or, _Ye behold_.] [Footnote a: Jesus now makes a formal challenge to the Jerusalem leaders who have so long opposed his claims. This was a Day of Triumph that seemed to the excited crowds to mean the establishment of a political Messianic Kingdom.] § 129. THE BARREN FIG TREE CURSED, AND THE SECOND[a] CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. (COMP. § 31) Bethany and Jerusalem (_Monday_). A Day of Messianic Power