Matthew 21: Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Why might taking donkeys be likened to stealing a car? Why might the owner have accepted the disciples’ reason for taking them?
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What caused Matthew to realize that this event fulfilled Zechariah’s prophecy?
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How did the disciples feel after everything happened exactly as Jesus had predicted?
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What motivated the crowd to lay coats and palm branches before Jesus?
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Why were people compelled to shout praises?
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Matthew 21:9 Some walked ahead of Jesus while others followed, shouting, “Great glory to the Son of David. Blessed is the one who comes in God’s name. Praise God in the highest heaven.”
King James
Why didn’t people in Jerusalem know who Jesus was?
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Matthew describes throwing out the moneychangers as an event near the end of Jesus’ ministry. John puts it near the beginning. What do you think actually happened? Why?
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What reasons did the blind and lame have for coming to the Temple?
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Why did religious leaders object to people praising Jesus?
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Where might Jesus have spent the night in Bethany?
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Why did Jesus’ cursing the fig tree cause it to wither?
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What kind of “unwavering faith” causes mountains to obey our voice?
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What were the “things” Jesus was doing that led the Jewish leaders to question his authority?
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Why didn’t Jesus explain his authority? If the leaders had answered his question, what would he have said?
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When Jesus told the story of the two sons, what point was he making? How well do you think people received his exhortation?
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What parts of the sharecropper story caused the religious leaders to know Jesus was talking about them?
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Do you think people understood what the “stone that the builders rejected” was? Why?
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Who are the people that the Kingdom will be taken from, and who are the “fruitful people” who will receive it?
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What is the stone that will make or break us?
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What reasons did religious leaders have to fear the people?