This is your child. So we weep. He shall drink of the torrent s water and he shall be nailed to a cross. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. For a brief, historic moment Jesus was treated as a hero, though the crowds should have known better.
Heroes don t ride on donkeys.
Then, risking all, he challenged the corruption of religious and secular power. He was riding for a fall. And he entered the Temple and drove out all who sold and bought and overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. If you attack entrenched privilege, attack the wealthy and corrupt, then as now, your chances of winning are practically nil. The tabloids would have called him violent, taking such direct action, but he was the only one that got killed.