Small Group Discussion Guide
Triumphant Entry Into Jerusalem
Season 5 · Episode 1 - 3:07
How to introduce this clip
Take a moment to read Luke 9:51, before you say something along these lines: “Jerusalem was always going to be where Jesus’s life and ministry reached its climax, so he taught and healed and restored his way toward that great holy city from the very start. And finally, one day—one Sunday that we traditionally call Palm Sunday—he arrives. In this clip from The Chosen, let’s watch together what it might have looked like as Jesus made his way toward and then through Jerusalem’s gates…”
*If your church does not know about The Chosen, before you show the clip, you might also want to tell them the following: “The Chosen is a television show that tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of the people who knew him.”
Discussion Questions
1. Mary Magdalene tells a woman named Tamar that the word “hosanna” means “save us.” What or who do you think the people in the crowd wanted saved from?
2. How is expressing our need to be saved an act of worship?
3. What importance does it have that the crowd recognizes Jesus as the Son of David? How is Jesus’s kingship similar David’s and how is it different?
4. How might the people soon be disappointed in how Jesus carries out his role as king? And why is his manner of kingship better than what they want?
5. Jesus saves us from all sin—not just righting our wrongs, but healing our spiritual injuries. How have you seen Jesus’s salvation at work in your life since choosing to follow him?