Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

H OLY W EEK : T HE P ASSION OF C H R I S T • 191

Setting

The road from the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem

• Jesus • The disciples • A large crowd

Major Characters

Plot

Introduction and Rising Action 1. Jesus sends two disciples to retrieve a donkey and her colt for him to ride. 2. He tells them that if anyone asks why they are taking the animals to say, “The Lord needs them.” Climax 3. Jesus rides the donkey from theMount of Olives into Jerusalem. 4. As he rides a great crowd gathers and spreads their cloaks on the road. They cut palmbranches andwave them in celebration. 5. Everyone is shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Falling Action and Resolution 6. The whole city is stirred up by the news that the prophet from Nazareth has arrived in Jerusalem.

Old Testament Foundation: The City of the Great King

The Lord Spoke through the Prophets, Zechariah 9.9 (p. 126) The Messiah is revealed to the people of God.