60 THE PALMS OF EUROPE AKD AFRICA. 



Jesus in Lis triuniplial entry into Jerusalem, 

 met him as he came from the IMount of Olives, 

 either bearing them in their hands in proces- 

 sion, or strewing the path as he rode along, 

 as it -was customary to do in the triumphs 

 of princes and distinguished conquerors. 

 " "When they heard that Jesus was coming to 

 Jerusalem, they took branches of palm trees, 

 and went forth to meet him, and cried, ' Hosan- 

 nah : Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh 

 in the name of the Lord.'" In the book of 

 IRIaccabees, the triumphal entry of Simon into 

 Jerusalem is described as being accompanied 

 *' with thanksgiving, and branches of palm 

 trees, and Avith harps and cymbals, and with 

 viols, and hymns, and songs," 1 Mac. xiii. 51. 

 In the same apocryphal narrative, the triumph 

 of Judas Maccabeus is described, who, after ihe 

 death of the persecutor Antiochus, cleansed the 

 temple and the city of Jerusalem, and held the 

 feast of tabernacles. " Therefore they bare 

 branches and fair boughs, and palms also, and 

 sang psalms unto him that had given them good 

 success in cleansing his place," 2 IMac. x. 7. 

 And it is with a siniihir import that the allusion 

 occurs in llrv. vii. \\ 10, " Afier this I beheld, 

 and, lo, a great multitude, whiili no man could 

 number, of all nations, and kindreds, and 



