Why was Jesus of Nazareth on the road down the Mount of Olives towards Jerusalem on the first Day of the week before Passover, in AD 32? The olt of a donkey that he rode was not a war horse, but the Passage in Zechariah 9 says he was there as the son Of David, representing a Kingdom that the crowd did not recognize. Even while he was fulfilling prophecy, he was viewed as disposable and hated.
