when: Mark 11:1; Luke 19:28
Bethphage: Bethphage was a village on the declivity of Mount Olivet, and somewhat nearer to Jerusalem than Bethany.
the mount: Matthew 24:3, Matthew 26:30; Zechariah 14:4; Luke 19:37, Luke 21:37; John 8:1; Acts 1:12
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Matthew 21:1
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