Describe the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem (1x 8 = 8mks)

  1. As Jesus approached Jerusalem through Bethphage and Bethany and the Mount of Olives
  2. He sent two of his disciples to a village to get him a donkey on which nobody had ridden
  3. He told the disciples if the owner demands to know why they are untying they tell him the owner needs it
  4. The disciples got the donkey; they threw their garments on it and helped Jesus to sit on it
  5. As Jesus rode along they spread their garments on the road
  6. The crowd rejoiced and praised God saying blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord
  7. The Pharisees asked Jesus to silence the crowd
  8. Jesus told them if they were silent the stones would cry out. This means people could not know the Messiah had already come.