Passover

Mark wrote his account of that first Palm Sunday to a Roman audience. What would have been on their minds would have been … a very real contrast between the triumphal entry of Jesus on this day and the pageantry of Roman emperors who returned from their wars. For instance, as a symbol of bloody conquest Caesar chose a prancing horse at the head of a processional that included his warriors, a group of shackled prisoners who’d been conquered, and an extravagant display of the booty that the army had...