On this day, word spread among the crowd that had assembled at the temple, in preparation for the Passover celebration, that Jesus was approaching Jerusalem. Some of the people in this crowd had been present went Lazarus was raised from the dead; and news of this miracle spread among the people. “Maybe now,” they thought, “We will have our King.” They went out to meet Him carrying palm branches and shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the King of Israel!” The Pharisees said, “Look! The whole world has gone after Him.”