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Jesus enters Jerusalem and the people honor him as a king.

On the next day

The author uses these words to mark the beginning of a new event. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent)

a great crowd

"a great crowd of people"

Hosanna

This means "May God save us now!"

Blessed

This expresses a desire for God to cause good things to happen to a person.

comes in the name of the Lord

Here the word "name" is a metonym, which means authority and power. AT: "comes as the representative of the Lord" or "comes in the power of the Lord" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

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