The Hardest Thing That Ever Was Done
Today we celebrate Palm Sunday to commemorate the Savior’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem at the start of His last week in mortality. Matthew recorded what happened as He approached the city: “And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest” (Matthew 21:7-9). So He rode into the city on a donkey, and this had been prophesied: “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass” (Zechariah 9:9). The scripture help explains the significance of this act: “The Savior’s triumphal entry into Jerusa...