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Andrea Steinkamp delivers a sermon reflecting on the significance of Palm Sunday in both Roman and Jewish contexts.

“The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!’” — Matthew 21:9 Palm Sunday is sometimes framed as a victory parade—a foreshadowing of resurrection. And it’s true that in the Roman Empire, palms symbolized conquest and power. But in Jesus’s Jewish context, palms meant something else. They were part of Sukkot, a harvest festival rooted in prayer—prayer for rain, for sustenance, for lif...

People in this episode

Guest: Andrea Steinkamp

Topics covered

• Palm Sunday
• Jesus
• prayer
• resurrection
• harvest festival
• Jewish context

Keywords

• Palm Sunday
• Jesus
• Matthew 21:9
• harvest festival
• prayer
• resurrection
• Sukkot

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Books & works: Matthew

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