saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”
Parallel translations
- KJV Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
- BSB “Blessed is the King who comes 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, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Luke 13:35Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
- Ps 118:22–26The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Matt 21:9The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
- Mark 11:9–10Those who went in front, and those who followed, cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
- Ps 72:17–19His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
- 1 Pet 1:12To them it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they ministered these things, which now have been announced to you through those who preached the Good News to you by the Holy Spirit sent out from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.
- Rev 19:1–6After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God:
- 1 Tim 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Luke 2:10–14The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
- Matt 25:34Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
- Eph 1:12to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
- Rev 5:9–14They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
- Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Eph 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
- Eph 2:14–18For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
- Col 1:20and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
- Eph 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
- Eph 3:10to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
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Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
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