What is Palm Sunday?
Palm Sunday is the Sunday
before Easter. It commemorates
the “Triumphal Entry” of Jesus
into Jerusalem.
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What is Palm Sunday?
Often referred to as “Passion
Sunday”, it marks the beginning
of Holy Week, the week of Jesus’
death, burial and resurrection.
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What is Palm Sunday?
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When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the
crowds greeted him with waving
palm branches, and by covering
his path with palm branches.
What is Palm Sunday?
Jesus was riding on a donkey.
Palm branches and the donkey
were traditional symbols of a
king entering a city.
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What is Palm Sunday?
The people shouted, “Hosanna”
which means “God saves” or
“God save us”.
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What is Palm Sunday?
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Immediately following this great
time of celebration in the ministry
of Jesus, he begins his journey to
the cross.
What is Palm Sunday?
The following Friday, known as
“Good Friday” he was crucified
and buried. On the Sunday after,
he was resurrected.
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What is Palm Sunday?
The biblical account of Palm
Sunday can be found in Matthew
21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke
19:28-44; and John 12:12-19.
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