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Gospel Luke Bible Study #56
Luke 19:28-44 The Triumphal Entry

1. Where was Jesus? 19:29
=Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives
What did the Jerusalem leaders determine to do to Jesus? John 11:57
=John 11:57 preparing arrest Jesus
What would you do if you knew that the authorities wanted to arrest you?
=running away
What did Jesus ask two of His disciples to do? 19:30
a. What kind of colt was it? How did Jesus know about this colt?
=No one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here
=pure
= colt: 4 or 5 years old little donkey
b. Is it an act of stealing or not?
=no
c. What does ‘The Lord needs it’ mean?
=Creator-the owner
=the creator God exercises his ownership
d. How did the owners of the colt respond to ‘The Lord needs it’?
=understood and obeyed
e. What did the disciples experience when they obeyed? 19:32,33,34,35
=go – went
=untie – untied
=bring – brought
=the Lord needs it – said
=obedience brings miracle works
f. Why did Jesus need a colt?
=Zech.9:9 to fulfill prophecy
=1Kings 1:33

2. What did the disciples do to the colt so that Jesus could ride on it? 19:35
=threw their cloaks on the colt
What did the people do on the way of Jesus? 19:36, 2Kings 9:13
=spread their cloaks on the road
How did the crowd welcome Jesus? 19:38
=Blessed is the king
Why did the crowds welcome Jesus as the king and praise God? 19:37
= joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen
What celebration was it?
=only celebration as the king
How was the celebration like? 19:37,38
=joyfully praising
What kind of king is Jesus?
=humble king
How do you think human kings might have entered Jerusalem?
=with glory and splendor
=with army
Have you accepted Jesus as your king?
=yes

3. What did some of the Pharisees ask Jesus to do? 19:39
=Teacher, rebuke your disciples
What did Jesus answer? 19:40
=If they keep quiet, the stones will cry out
Who understood this event better than the Pharisees? 19:40
=crow

4. On the Mount of Olives Jesus saw the city of Jerusalem.
When Jesus saw the city, what did Jesus do? 19:41
=Jesus cried over Jerusalem
a. What didn’t Jerusalem know? 19:42
=Peace comes with right relationship between God and sinners; creature and creator
b. What opportunity was given to Jerusalem? 19:42
=Jesus is the savior
c. What did Jerusalem choose when they rejected peace with Jesus? 19:43,44
=destruction and judgement
d. When did the destruction actually take place?
=A.D. 70 April to September
=A siege of 143 days
=killed 600,000
=captured thousand
=burned the temple
=the nation was disappeared
e. God came and visited them. Why didn’t they recognize God’s visitation? 19:44b
=blindness brought the destruction
f. How was Jesus moved when He saw the coming tragedy of Jerusalem? 19:41
=wept

5. When a nation rejects Jesus and the Bible, what is the inevitable result?
=destruction and judgement
When a person misses Jesus and the Bible, what is the inevitable result?
=God’s judgement upon each person