Mark 11:9
The ones who went ahead and those who followed were shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Note Hosanna is a transliteration of the Hebrew Hosia-na, meaning Save, we pray or Save now, which became a shout of praise; see Psalms 118:25.
Note Psalms 118:26
And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
Those who went in front and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
Note “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Hosanna
- Psalm 118:25, 26; Matthew 21:9; Matthew 23:39; Luke 19:37, 38; John 12:13; John 19:15