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Mark 11:8 KJV
Mark · chapter 11 · verse 8
And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.Mark 11:8 · King James Version
Mark 11:8 in context
6And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
7And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him.
8And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
9And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
10Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- garmentshimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
- branchesstibasbranch, leafy limbG4746 →
- spreadstrōnnyōto spread, furnish, to spread with couches or divansG4766 →
- othersallosanother, otherG243 →
- treesdendrona treeG1186 →
- manypolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
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We have here the story of the public entry Christ made into Jerusalem, four or five days before his death. And he came into town thus remarkably, 1. To show that he was not afraid of the power and malice of his enemies in Jerusalem. He did not steal into the city incognito, as one that durst not show his face;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11