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Liturgy of the Palms · Year B
Mar 21, 2027 · Holy Week
Interpret → Preach
For the service

John Wesley’s own Explanatory Notes Upon the Old and New Testament on the day’s readings — his verse-by-verse commentary, not a summary of it. Read the full edition ↗

psalm Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
no note on this passage
gospel Mark 11:1-11
  • v.1To Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives — The limits of Bethany reached to the Mount of Olives, and joined to those of Bethphage. Bethphage was part of the suburbs of Jerusalem, and reached from the Mount of Olives to the walls of the city. Our Lord was now come to the place where the boundaries of Bethany and Bethphage met. Matt. xxi, 1; Luke xix, 29; John xii, 12.
  • v.11Matt. xxi, 10, 17.