38 saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
Glory in the highest - Mayst thou receive the uttermost degrees of glory! See on Matthew 21:9 (note).
Saying, blessed be the King,.... The King Messiah, the King of Israel, the son of David, the Christ of God; so the Ethiopic version adds, "blessed be the King of Israel"; they sung their "Hosannas" to him, as the other evangelists say:
that cometh in the name of the Lord; See Gill on Matthew 21:9.
peace in heaven; all heavenly peace and prosperity attend him; or let peace be made with God in heaven, by the Prince of Peace on earth, for sinful men:
and glory in the highest; glory be given to God for peace, life, and salvation by his son; and that in the highest heavens, by the angels there, as well as by men on earth, and in the highest notes and strains.
Blessed be the King, &c.--Mark (Mark 11:9-10) more fully, "Hosanna," that is, "Save now," the words of Psalm 118:25, which were understood to refer to Messiah; and so they add, "to the Son of David, blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Psalm 118:26), Hosanna in the highest." This was the very loftiest style in which He could be saluted as the promised Deliverer.
peace, &c.--(See on Luke 2:13-14).
Peace in heaven - God being reconciled to man.
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