Connection

Hosanna: the pilgrims' psalm

Psalm 118 asks the Lord to save and blesses the one who comes in His name. The crowds sang it over Jesus as He entered Jerusalem, and days later He applied its rejected stone to Himself.

Direct quotationHigh confidence

A New Testament passage quotes an earlier passage.

Old TestamentPsalms 118:25-26Open this record

Direct quotation

New TestamentMatthew 21:9Open this record

Read the earlier witness

25Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success! 26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you.

Psalms 118:25-26 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Read the later witness

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

Matthew 21:9 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Why FaithGraph draws this line

Matthew 21:9 quotes Psalms 118:25-26.

The crowds' Hosanna and their blessing on the one who comes in the name of the Lord are the words of Psalm 118, sung at the feasts.

Evidence

The explanation above is FaithGraph editorial content, not Scripture.