It might well be asked why any sane Christian preacher would ever turn to this text of Isaiah on Palm/Passion Sunday, when all four of the Gospels offer scintillating accounts of Jesus' famous donkey ride into Jerusalem? Well, the fact is that some Christian churches, albeit not many I suspect, do not celebrate Palm Sunday but rather commemorate Passion Sunday. If so, Isaiah 50:4-9, the so-called third Servant Song of that prophet, may serve as a helpful sermonic text.
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