they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”
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they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Matthew 21:1-7 has Jesus dispatch two disciples to fetch *an ass and her colt*, and the disciples bring back both animals; Matthew even depicts Jesus sitting on the garments laid across both. Mark 11:1-7 and Luke 19:28-35 mention only a single colt.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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"John 12:13 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/john/12/13?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).