# Hosanna This word means "save us," but it can also mean "praise God!" # the son of David This may be translated as "descendant of king David." However, "Son of David" is also a title for the Messiah, and the crowd was probably calling Jesus by this title. # in the name of the Lord "in the power of the Lord" or "as the representative of the Lord" # Hosanna in the highest "Praise God, who is in the highest heaven" or "Praise be to God"