37 Now as[a] he was drawing near by this time to the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles that they had seen, 38 saying,

“Blessed is the king,
    the one who comes in the name of the Lord![b]
Peace in heaven
    and glory in the highest!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 19:37 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was drawing near”)
  2. Luke 19:38 A quotation from Ps 118:26, with “the king” added as a clarification