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PALM Branches strewed in "the WAY" -- Location: QUMRAN!
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John 12:12 "On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosannah; Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon, as it is written, 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion; thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt." | |
This more modern painting shows the crowd, which includes children, waving palm branches! Only John's account tells us these are palm branches. | Palms are rare in Jerusalem, whose more temperate climate and less sunshine makes growing palms difficult. The Dead Sea area is, however, "palm country". |
Mark 11:4 "And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. 8 And many spread their garments in the way; and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way." 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosannah in the highest." |
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The Dead Sea Scrolls reveal repeatedly a use of the term "the WAY" as referring only to the Essenes. | So John and Mark are here "conspiring" to let us know this was the Essene feast of Passover -- at Qumran |