Jesus Enters Jerusalem

At the beginning of the last week of Jesus' public ministry, He entered Jerusalem triumphantly--much to the dismay of the jealous Jewish religious leaders.  This is depicted in Hosanna by Tom DuBois.

One of His first acts was to cleanse the Temple by whipping the moneychangers out of the Temple.   This is how El Greco envisioned Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple (notice Adam and Eve being driven from the garden of Eden in the upper left corner):

Later on in the week, Jesus made many predictions about the destruction of Jerusalem as He sat on the Mount of Olives overlooking the city and the Temple.  Here, by an unknown artist, is a scene of Jesus gazing at Jerusalem (certainly with sadness):

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