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|On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

|On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

|On the following day, a large crowd who came to the festival heard, "Jesus is coming to Jerusalem,"  

|On the following day, a large crowd who came to the festival heard, "Jesus is coming to Jerusalem,"  

|Greek has no "quotation marks", so determining when something is or is not supposed to be in quotations is something of an art. Here, I decided on the quotations because of the sudden switch in tense. Past tense is used of the people in the festival, but present tense is used of Jesus coming to Jerusalem, so it sounds like an exact quote that is being passed around in the crowd.

|Greek has no "quotation marks", so determining when something is or is not supposed to be in quotations is something of an art. Here, I decided on the quotations because of the use of ὅτι and the sudden switch in tense. Past tense is used of the people in the festival, but present tense is used of Jesus coming to Jerusalem, so it sounds like an exact quote that is being passed around in the crowd. Additionally, ὅτι ("that") often starts an exact quotation (Greek often literally says - Jesus said that, "you should..."), and many scholars simply substitute it for quotation marks most of the time, and so I did in this instance.

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|Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

|Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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|so they took the branches from palm trees, and went out to meet Him, shouting, "Save us! Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord.

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|I went back and forth on whether or not to use the transliterated "Hosanna," or the translation, "Oh save," or "Save us." I'm still not sure which is better. In general, "hosanna" is a plea for salvation, and as such, it is considered a form of worship or praise, since it is a recognition that is supposed to go only to God (the OT says that there is no savior except for God - Isaiah 43:11), and as a form of praise or worship, it may or may not literally mean "save us," but could also be intended as a general "Praise God." Additionally, very few people, particularly outside the church, have any idea what "hosanna" means.

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