Part 38 of the Sermon Series: On the Road with Jesus | A Study in the Gospel of Mark Questions: 1. Is there significance to Mark mentioning the Mount of Olives? What might it be? (See Ezk. 11:23) 2. Is there significance to Jesus riding a colt? What might it be? (See Ezek. 9:9) 3. It seems likely that Ps. 118 is the song of ascent that is being sung as the procession arrives into the city with Jesus at the center and the object of their praises. By examining the behavior of the crowd, we see that Scripture gives word to our praise. Even when we might not fully understand, scripture is always true. Take a few minutes to read through Psalm 118 together and talk about ways this Psalm points us to Jesus. 4. Jesus enters the temple, looks around and leaves - rather anti-climatic for all the details of the journey and the procession. We learned in the message that a shift has begun. What is Jesus’s relationship to the temple? What is the interchange that is taking place?