Mark 11:8

8 And many [people] spread their cloaks on the road, and others [spread] leafy branches [they] had cut from the fields.

Mark 11:8 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 11:8

And many spread their garments in the way
Instead of carpets to ride on, and in honour to him as a king:

and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the
way;
in token of joy, as at the feast of tabernacles; (See Gill on Matthew 21:8).

Mark 11:8 In-Context

6 So they told them, just as Jesus had said, and they allowed them [to take it].

7 And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, and he sat on it.

8 And many [people] spread their cloaks on the road, and others [spread] leafy branches [they] had cut from the fields.

9 And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

10 Blessed [is] the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest [heaven]!"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here the verb "[spread]" is an understood repetition of the verb earlier in this verse
• [b] *Here the participle "had cut" has been translated as a finite verb; it agrees in number, gender, and case with "others," so "[they]' has been supplied to indicate this