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Joh_12:12-13. Τῇ ἐπαύρ .] after the day designated in Joh_12:1, consequently Sunday (Palm Sunday), not: after the deliberation mentioned in Joh_12:10-11 (Ebrard and Olshausen, Leidensgesch. p. 36).
ὄχλ . πολ . κ . τ . λ .] Unprejudiced pilgrims to the feast, therefore not Ἰουδαῖοι again.
ἀκούσαντες ] perhaps from the Ἰουδαῖοι in Joh_12:11 who had returned as believers.
τὰ βαΐα τ . φ .] as a symbol of joy. The article τῶν (not τά ) contains the element of definiteness; the branches of the palm-trees standing on the spot. On βαΐον comp. 1Ma_13:51; Symm. Cant. i. 8; Sturz, Dial. Al. p. 88. The expression: the palm branches of the palms, is similar to οἰκοδεσπότης τῆς οἰκίας , and the like, Lobeck, Paralip. p. 536 f. The thing itself has in other respects nothing to do with an analogy to the Lulab at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev_23:40). Comp. however, 1Ma_13:51.
ὑπάντησιν αὐτῷ ] see Buttmann, Neut. Gr. p. 156 [E. T. p. 320].
ὡσαννά , κ . τ . λ .] See on Mat_21:9.
βασιλεὺς τ . Ἰ .] without the article (Lachmann has it; Tischendorf, καὶ ὁ ): the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord.