And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
Parallel translations
- WEB When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
- BSB When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
- NKJV And when He had come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, “Who is this?”
- NASB When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”
- NLT The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. “Who is this?” they asked.
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Quick answer
Jesus' entry stirs the whole city, which asks, 'Who is this?' His arrival forces Jerusalem to confront his identity.
Overview
The triumphal entry throws Jerusalem into commotion, prompting the city's question about who Jesus is. The same word for 'stirred' recalls the turmoil at his birth (Matthew 2:3). His coming demands a verdict on his identity—a question that hangs over the whole Passion narrative and confronts every reader.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Acts 9:5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
- Luke 5:21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
- Isa 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Ruth 1:19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
- John 12:16–19These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
- Luke 7:49And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
- Song 3:6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
- 1 Sam 16:4And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
- Luke 9:9And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
- John 2:18Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
- Matt 2:3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- Luke 20:2And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
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