With these explanatory remarks, may we properly understand the climate that marks the triumphal entrance of Christ. Three things that we may observe, I. The Triumphal Entry of Christ, vv. The Transition Expressed by Christ, vv. The Truth Explained by Christ, vv. 12-19 Notice the crowd, v. 12.
Verse twelve describes the crowd with the expression, much people.
The people began in earnest to address Jesus as the Messiah. They signaled their intent with the strewing of the Palm trees along the way. Palm trees symbolized national Israel. It was the people s way of saying, You are our Salvation. The crowd was not concerned as much with the spiritual significance of what was taking place as they were with the political significance.