Path Leading To The Eastern Gate In The Old City Of Jerusalem
Today much of the Christian world celebrates Palm Sunday, or the day that Jesus road into the city from the Mount of Olives on a donkey. The faithful lined this path with palm leaves. The Bible records this event in the Book of John, the 12th chapter:
John 12:13-15
“They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”
14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.”
The Eastern Gate Where Jesus Entered Jerusalem
The Bible also records the Triumphal Entry in the Book of Matthew, the 21st chapter: