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Passion Week·Recorded in 4 of 4 Gospels

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem

MatthewMarkLukeJohn

Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a donkey while crowds wave palm branches and shout "Hosanna!" fulfilling Zechariah's prophecy of a king coming on a donkey.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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Matthew
21:1-11

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Mark
11:1-11

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Luke
19:28-44

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John
12:12-19

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Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain.

Matthew mentions both a donkey and a colt (matching Zechariah's Hebrew parallelism). Mark and Luke mention only a colt. John is briefest and notes the disciples only understood later.

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Matthew

Explicitly quotes Zechariah 9:9; mentions two animals.

Mark

Detailed instructions for finding the colt; notes Jesus looked around the temple and left for Bethany.

Luke

Adds Jesus weeping over Jerusalem.

John

Brief account; notes the Pharisees saying "the whole world has gone after him."

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Matthew 21:1-11
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From the triumphal entry into Jerusalem through the crucifixion and burial of Jesus.

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