“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Parallel translations
- WEB saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
- KJV Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
- NKJV saying: “ ‘Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
- NASB shouting: “Blessed is the King, the One who comes in the name of the Lord; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
- NLT “Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in highest heaven!”
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Quick answer
The crowd cries, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!" They hail Jesus as the promised Messiah-King.
Overview
Drawing on Psalm 118:26, the crowd acclaims Jesus as the coming King, and Luke's added "Peace in heaven and glory in the highest" echoes the angels' song at his birth (2:14). The entry publicly proclaims Jesus as Messiah, even if many misunderstood the nature of his reign. The true peace he brings is reconciliation with God, secured at the cross to which he is heading.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Luke 13:35Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
- Ps 118:22–26The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Matt 21:9The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
- Mark 11:9–10The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
- Ps 72:17–19May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.
- 1 Pet 1:12It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
- Rev 19:1–6After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- 1 Tim 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Luke 2:10–14But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people:
- Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Eph 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
- Rev 5:9–14And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Rom 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
- Eph 2:14–18For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
- Col 1:20and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
- Eph 3:21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
- Eph 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
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