Mat_21:8. Manifestations of respect, such as kings were usually greeted with on entering cities, 2Ki_9:13; Wetstein’s note on this passage; Robinson, II. p. 383.
ὁ
πλεῖστος
ὄχλος
] the most of the people, the greatest part of the multitude. Comp. Plat. Rep. p. 397 D; Thuc. vii. 78; Xen. Anab. iii. 2. 36.
ἑαυτῶν
] states what the multitude did with their own garments, after the disciples had spread theirs upon the two beasts.