The Triumphal Entry- Part 2

Today we re-read the story of the Triumphal Entry, but this time from the book of Mark. We focused on the people welcoming Jesus and laying down their cloaks on the road and waving palm branches.

The Triumphal Entry

Mark 11: 1-10
 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it. If anyone says to you, "Why are you doing this?' say, "The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.'" And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untied it. And some of those standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?" And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

Egg #2- A palm branch (coloring page here)

To bring it to their level, we talked about our recent Mardi Gras experience. We talked about how the people were lined up on the streets clapping and waving and waiting for the floats and how it was the same way when Jesus was entering Jerusalem, they were so happy and excited to see him because they had been waiting a long time for him.