What does Matthew 21:6 Mean?

Context Summary

The Lord is always saying: What will ye that I shall do? Let us not ask small things. We honor Him by making great demands. Our greatest requests come far short of His generosity and resources. It seems as though we are always giving Him pain by the meagerness of our expectation. Whatever people say, cry out so much the more! But remember it is not the outcry, but your need and your faith which will arrest His steps.

Our Lord entered the city in fulfillment of prophetic vision, but in great lowliness, along the road carpeted by the loving enthusiasm of the crowds. It was largely a Galilean and popular outburst. The upper classes kept aloof. Remember that ancient prediction quoted here, Isaiah 62:11, and especially Zechariah 9:9. The King comes having salvation. That is the divine order! We shall never know the full power of Christ's salvation until we have welcomed Him to our hearts as King. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 21

¹  Jesus rides into Jerusalem upon a donkey
¹²  drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
¹⁷  curses the fig tree;
²³  puts to silence the priests and elders,
²⁸  and rebukes them by the parable of the two sons,
³³  and the husbandmen who slew such as were sent to them