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John 12:13

Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hosanna;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Palm Tree;   Prophecy;   Quotations and Allusions;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Honour;   Honour-Dishonour;   Honoured, Christ;   Palm Branches;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Government;   Jesus Christ;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the King;   Palm-Tree, the;   Praise;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bethany;   Palm-Tree;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hosanna;   King;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - King, Christ as;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Judgment, Last;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Palm Tree;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lamp;   Olives, Mount of;   Palmtree;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Horse;   Hour;   Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   King, Christ as;   Palms;   Plants in the Bible;   Triumphal Entry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Branch;   Hosanna;   John, Gospel of;   Martha;   Palm Tree;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Benediction;   Blessing (2);   Consciousness;   Cry;   Dispersion ;   Entry into Jerusalem;   Hosanna ;   Hymn;   Israel, Israelite;   Mount of Olives ;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Palm ;   Palm Tree;   Praise (2);   Psalms (2);   Quotations (2);   Self-Control;   Temple (2);   Transfiguration (2);   Worldliness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hosanna ;   Lazarus ;   Palm, Palm Tree,;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Bethany;   Martha;   Palm tree;   Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Palm palm tree;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hosanna;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Drink;   Water;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Hosanna;   Palm Tree;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism (Non-Immersionist View);   Branch and Bough;   Christ, Offices of;   Hosanna;   Palm Tree;   Papyrus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic Literature, Neo-Hebraic;   Hosanna;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They kept shouting:
King James Version (1611)
Tooke branches of Palme trees, and went foorth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed is the king of Israel that cometh in the Name of the Lord.
King James Version
Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
English Standard Version
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"
New American Standard Bible
they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, indeed, the King of Israel!"
New Century Version
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Jesus, shouting, "Praise God! God bless the One who comes in the name of the Lord! God bless the King of Israel!" Psalm 118:25–26
Amplified Bible
they took branches of palm trees [in homage to Him as King] and went out to meet Him, and they began shouting and kept shouting "Hosanna! BLESSED (celebrated, praised) IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel."
Legacy Standard Bible
took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel."
Berean Standard Bible
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: "Hosanna!" "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!"
Contemporary English Version
they took palm branches and went out to greet him. They shouted, "Hooray! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! God bless the King of Israel!"
Complete Jewish Bible
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, " Deliver us! " " Blessed is he who comes in the name of Adonai , the King of Isra'el!"
Darby Translation
took branches of palms and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed [is] he that comes in the name of [the] Lord, the King of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
They took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Jesus. They shouted, "‘Praise Him!' ‘Welcome! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord!' God bless the King of Israel!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Tooke branches of palme trees, and went foorth to meete him, and cried, Hosanna, Blessed is the King of Israel that commeth in the Name of the Lorde.
George Lamsa Translation
Took branches of palm trees, and went out to greet him, and they cried out and said, Hosanna, Blessed is the king of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord.
Good News Translation
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, "Praise God! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! God bless the King of Israel!"
Lexham English Bible
took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and began crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, even the king of Israel!"
Literal Translation
took palm branches and went out to a meeting with Him, and they were crying out, Hosanna! "Being blessed is the One coming in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!" Psa. 118:26
American Standard Version
took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
they took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, "Hoshia`na! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Yisra'el!"
International Standard Version
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,Psalm 118:25-26;">[xr] "Hosanna!Hosanna
is Heb. for Please save or Praise">[fn] How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord,Psalm 118:25-26">[fn] the King of Israel!"
Etheridge Translation
took branches of palms, and went forth to meet him. And they cried out, saying, Aushana ! Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.
Murdock Translation
took boughs of palm-trees, and went out to meet him. And they cried, and said: Hosanna, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel !
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Toke braunches of paulme trees, and went foorth to meete hym, and cryed: Hosanna, blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde commeth, kyng of Israel.
English Revised Version
took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
World English Bible
they took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm-trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.
Weymouth's New Testament
took branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, shouting as they went, "God save him! Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord--even on the King of Israel!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
token braunchis of palmes, and camen forth ayens hym, and crieden, Osanna, blessid is the kyng of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed [is] he that comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna; Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
New English Translation
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, " Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"
New King James Version
took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him, and cried out: "Hosanna!'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!' Psalms 118:26 ">[fn] The King of Israel!"
New Living Translation
took palm branches and went down the road to meet him. They shouted, "Praise God! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord ! Hail to the King of Israel!"
New Life Bible
They took branches of trees and went to meet Him. They spoke with a loud voice, "Greatest One! Great and honored is He Who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of the Jews!"
New Revised Standard
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord— the King of Israel!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and began crying aloud - Hosanna! Blessed is he that is coming in the name of the Lord, - even the King of Israel!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried Hosanna. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
toke braunches of palme trees and went and met him and cryed: Hosanna blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde commeth kynge of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, `Hosanna, blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord -- the king of Israel;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
they toke braunches of palme trees, and wete out to mete him, and cryed: Hosianna, Blessed be he, that in the name of the LORDE commeth kynge of Israel.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and went to meet him, crying , "Hosanna, blessed is the king of Israel that comes in the name of the Lord."
Simplified Cowboy Version
Folks gathered up palm branches to lay in the road when he arrived. They were all shouting, "Hear, hear for God! May he bless the Boss. All hail the Boss, the King of Israel."

Contextual Overview

12 The day after, a great number of people who were there for the feast, when they had the news that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm-trees and went out to him, crying, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! 14 And Jesus saw a young ass and took his seat on it; as the Writings say, 15 Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass. 16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.) 17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it. 18 And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign. 19 Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

branches: Leviticus 23:40, Revelation 7:9

Hosanna: Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 118:25, Psalms 118:26, Matthew 21:9-11, Matthew 23:39, Mark 11:8-10, Luke 19:35-38

the King: John 12:15, John 1:49, John 19:15, John 19:19-22, Isaiah 44:6, Hosea 3:5, Zephaniah 3:15, Revelation 15:3, Revelation 19:16

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 8:15 - palm Isaiah 40:10 - the Lord God Zechariah 9:9 - behold Matthew 2:2 - born Matthew 11:3 - he that Matthew 21:8 - others Matthew 25:34 - the King Mark 11:9 - Hosanna Mark 15:32 - Christ Luke 13:35 - Blessed Luke 19:37 - the whole John 6:15 - take John 18:33 - the king Acts 28:15 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 11:29
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.
Genesis 12:3
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 12:6
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
Genesis 12:8
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
Genesis 12:12
And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
Genesis 12:13
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:5
Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.
Genesis 26:7
And when he was questioned by the men of the place about his wife, he said, She is my sister; fearing to say, She is my wife; for, he said, the men of the place may put me to death on account of Rebekah; because she is very beautiful.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Took branches of palm trees,.... The Ethiopic version adds, "and young shoots from Jerusalem"; these grew in great plenty, on one part of the Mount of Olives, that next to Bethany, from whence that town had its name; for it signifies the house of dates, the fruit of the palm tree; :-. And as that tree was a sign of joy and victory, they carried branches of it in their hands, as they met the King Messiah, who was about to make his public entrance into Jerusalem, in triumph; and where by his sufferings and death, he should gain the victory over sin, Satan, the world, and death; and lay a solid foundation for joy and peace, to all that believe in him: the Jews say n,

"if a man takes באיין, (the very Greek word here used,) palm tree branches in his hands, we know that he is victorious.''

The Persic version reads, "branches of olives".

And went forth to meet him, and cried; when they came up to him, and as he passed by them:

Hosanna, blessed is the King of Israel, that cometh in the name of the Lord; :-.

n Vajikra Rabba, sect. 30. fol. 170. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:1-16. Also Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:29-44.

John 12:16

Was glorified - Was raised from the dead, and had ascended to heaven.

John 12:17

Bare record - Testified that he had raised him, and, as was natural, spread the report through the city. This excited much attention, and the people came out in multitudes to meet one who had power to work such miracles.

John 12:19

Prevail nothing - All your efforts are ineffectual to stop the progress of his opinions, and to prevent the people from believing on him.

The world - As we should say, “Everybody - all the city has gone out.” The fact that he met with such success induced them to hasten their design of putting him to death, John 11:53.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 12:13. Took branchesMatthew 21:1; Matthew 21:1, &c., and Mark 11:1-6, where this transaction is largely explained.


 
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