Domingo de Ramos / Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The gospels record the arrival of Jesus riding into the city on a donkey, while the crowds spread their cloaks and palm branches on the street and shouted "Hosanna to the Son of David" and "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord" to honor Him as their long-awaited Messiah and King. `The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast, heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!" ` John 12:12-13 However, later in that week some of the people in that cheering crowd would be among those shouting that Jesus should be executed, incited by the chief priests.

 

The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday.

It marks the beginning of Holy Week,

and celebrates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem,

sitting on the back of a donkey.

Large crowds of people packed the streets,

waving palm branches to welcome Him.

People were shouting, "Hosanna" and put their clothes,

and branches of palm trees near His way! ..

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O domingo antes da Páscoa,

é conhecido como Domingo de Ramos.

Marca o início da Semana Santa, e celebra a entrada triunfal de Jesus em Jerusalém, sentado no lombo de um jumento.

Grandes multidões de pessoas lotaram as ruas acenando com ramos de palmeira para acolhê-lO. As pessoas gritavam: "Hosana" e colocavam suas vestes, e ramos de palmeiras de árvores nas proximidades de Seu caminho!..

(Matthew 21,1-11):
     When they were near Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, 'Go to the village facing you, and you will at once find a tethered donkey and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, "The Master needs them and will send them back at once." '
    This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet:
    Say to the daughter of Zion: Look, your king is approaching, humble and riding on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.
    So the disciples went and did as Jesus had told them.
    They brought the donkey and the colt, then they laid their cloaks on their backs and he took his seat on them.
    Great crowds of people spread their cloaks on the road, while others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in his path.
    The crowds who went in front of him and those who followed were all shouting: Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heavens!
   And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil as people asked, 'Who is this?' and the crowds answered, 'This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.'

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(Mateus 21,1-11):
    "Naquele tempo, Jesus e seus discípulos aproximaram-se de Jerusalém e chegaram a Betfagé, no monte das Oliveiras. Então Jesus enviou dois discípulos, dizendo-lhes: “Ide até o povoado que está ali na frente, e logo encontrareis uma jumenta amarrada, e com ela um jumentinho.
    Desamarrai-a e trazei-os a mim! Se alguém vos disser alguma coisa, direis: ‘O Senhor precisa deles’, mas logo os devolverá’”. Isso aconteceu para se cumprir o que foi dito pelo profeta: Dizei à filha de Sião: Eis que o teu rei vem a ti, manso e montado num jumento, num jumentinho, num potro de jumenta”.
    Então os discípulos foram e fizeram como Jesus lhes havia mandado.
    Trouxeram a jumenta e o jumentinho e puseram sobre eles suas vestes, e Jesus montou.
    A numerosa multidão estendeu suas vestes pelo caminho, enquanto outros cortavam ramos das árvores, e os espalhavam pelo caminho. 9As multidões que iam na frente de Jesus e os que o seguiam, gritavam: “Hosana ao Filho de Davi! Bendito o que vem em nome do Senhor! Hosana no mais alto dos céus!”
    Quando Jesus entrou em Jerusalém a cidade inteira se agitou, e diziam: “Quem é este homem?” E as multidões respondiam: “Este é o profeta Jesus, de Nazaré da Galileia”."