Palm Sunday | Palm Branch, Donkey, Temple, Crowd [Omair Akhtar]

Published: April 2, 2023, 7 a.m.

b'Jesus begins the final week of his life by parading right into Jerusalem, the heart of power in Israel, during a huge festival. He rides in on a donkey, with a crowd of outsiders waving palm branches and championing him as their savior king. Within a few days, he\\u2019ll be arrested, interrogated, and executed. As we celebrate \\u201cPalm Sunday,\\u201d we explore why it all went down that way and what Jesus was trying to accomplish, for himself and for those of us who follow in his footsteps.'