would stand on this site (Zech 14:4) and proclaim liberty. If so, the cries of Hosanna (“Save now, we pray”) as well as the leafy branches wafted in mid-air as at the Tabernacles Feast (Lev 23:40) as a sign of nationalist fervor were probably an embarrassment to Jesus. It is crystal clear that he had no intention of playing the part of worldly liberator nor of repeating the Maccabean crusade by resorting to force of arms. His entry was not a stage-managed bid to be hailed as Messiah nor did he want