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The Stones Speak
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace,
the stones would immediately cry out. Luke 19:40
April 1, 2012Rev. David B. Hanson
Deaf Liberty Baptist ChurchOverland Park, Kansas
Jesus Christ Sends Two Disciples to Bring the Colt
• Luke 19:29-31• 29And it came to pass, when he was
come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
Jesus Christ Sends Two Disciples to Bring the Colt
• Luke 19:29-31• 30Saying, Go ye into the village over
against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.
Jesus Christ Sends Two Disciples to Bring the Colt
• Luke 19:29-31• 31And if any man ask you, Why do ye
loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
Why Does Jesus Christ Send Two Disciples to Get the Colt
• Jesus Christ presents Himself as Messiah.• A donkey is a symbol of peace.• Zechariah 9:9 is fulfilled.• Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout,
O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Jesus Christ Rides on the Colt
• Luke 19:35-38• 35And they brought him to Jesus: and
they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
Jesus Christ Rides on the Colt
• Luke 19:35-38• 36And as he went, they spread their
clothes in the way.
Jesus Christ Rides on the Colt
• Luke 19:35-38• 37And when he was come nigh, even
now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
Jesus Christ Rides on the Colt
• Luke 19:35-38• 38Saying, Blessed be the King that
cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
Why Do the Crowd Praise Jesus Christ
• The crowd have seen the miracles Jesus Christ has done.• The crowd call Jesus Christ Messiah
or King.• The crowd call Jesus Christ to save
them.• It is called “The Triumphal Entry.”
Why Do the Crowd Praise Jesus Christ
• Psalm 118:25-26 is fulfilled.• 25Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD:
O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. • 26Blessed be he that cometh in the
name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
The Stones Cry Out
• Luke 19:39-40• 39And some of the Pharisees from
among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
The Stones Cry Out
• Luke 19:39-40• 40And he answered and said unto
them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Why Are the Stones Necessary?
• The Pharisees ask Jesus Christ to rebuke His followers so they stop calling Him Messiah or King.• The proclamation that Jesus Christ is
the Messiah must continue.
Sir William Mitchell Ramsey
The Bearing of Recent Discovery
Sir William Mitchell Ramsey
• William Ramsey was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1851 and died in 1939.• He was a Scottish archaeologist and
New Testament scholar.• He was the first Professor of Classical
Archaeology at Oxford University.
Sir William Mitchell Ramsey
• William Ramsey was an atheist.• He went to Asia Minor to disprove the Book of
Acts by doing his archaeological works there.• After he did digging and discovering for 25
years, he declared that Luke’s writing in the Book of Acts was accurate.
• He declared himself that he was now a Christian.