馬可福音11:1-11

 

11:1 耶穌和門徒將近耶路撒冷，到了伯法其和伯大尼，在橄欖山那裡；耶穌就打發兩個門徒，
11:2 對他們說：「你們往對面村子裡去，一進去的時候，必看見一匹驢駒拴在那裡，是從來沒有人騎過的，可以解開，牽來。
11:3 若有人對你們說：『為甚麼做這事？』你們就說：『主要用牠。』那人必立時讓你們牽來。」
11:4 他們去了，便看見一匹驢駒拴在門外街道上，就把牠解開。
11:5 在那裡站著的人，有幾個說：「你們解驢駒做甚麼？」
11:6 門徒照著耶穌所說的回答，那些人就任憑他們牽去了。
11:7 他們把驢駒牽到耶穌那裡，把自己的衣服搭在上面，耶穌就騎上。
11:8 有許多人把衣服鋪在路上，也有人把田間的樹枝砍下來，鋪在路上。
11:9 前行後隨的人都喊著說：和散那（和散那：原有求救的意思，在此乃是稱頌的話）！奉主名來的是應當稱頌的！
11:10 那將要來的我祖大衛之國是應當稱頌的！高高在上和散那！
11:11 耶穌進了耶路撒冷，入了聖殿，周圍看了各樣物件。天色已晚，就和十二個門徒出城，往伯大尼去了。

 

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, ² saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. ³ If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

⁴ They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, ⁵ some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” ⁶ They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. ⁷ When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. ⁸ Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. ⁹ Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,

“Hosanna!^[a]”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”^[b]

¹⁰ “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”

“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

¹¹ Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

 

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    主耶穌騎著驢駒進耶路撒冷，受到群眾大聲歡呼：「和散那（和散那：原有求救的意思，在此乃是稱頌的話）！奉主名來的是應當稱頌的！那將要來的我祖大衛之國是應當稱頌的！高高在上和散那！」

 

    大家之所以這樣歡呼迎接主耶穌，是因為主耶穌一治好一位瞎眼的人，名字叫巴底買。他是受聖靈感動，知道主耶穌就是大衛的子孫，並且在他眼睛被醫治好以後，更是大大宣揚主耶穌的名。所以，當主耶穌來到耶路撒冷時，大家就將祂當成大衛的子孫，就是要來的彌賽亞，以頌讚來歡迎祂的來到。

 

    我們信靠主耶穌之前，也是要清楚認識主耶穌和上帝的救恩，如此才能知道如何與上帝有愛的關係，並且讚美感謝祂！也因為如此，認識上帝是我們一生要的功課！而我們如何認識上帝呢？就是透過上帝所啟示的聖經，然而從聖經中有條理地整理出一些信念，這也顯明了學習神學之重要性。

 

    人拒絕神學，就是拒絕認識上帝，這是非常嚴重的事！因此，我們不可以拒絕神學，不要認為神學只是人的產物。神學其實是人得著上帝的啟示，經過反覆思想，產生回應上帝的道之信念！