Topic: Triumphal entry of Jesus

Jesus did not have an army – just a bunch of ordinary people who would desert him five days later. The people who shouted “Hosanna and blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” (Matt 21:9) would cry out “crucify him” five days later (Matt 27:22). The man who was decorated as “king of Israel” would be brutally crucified in five days. So, why is it called a “triumphal entry?”