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Sermon: Hosanna / The Gallows and the Gift of Life
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Duration: 28:11
Size: 12.9 MB
Hosanna
Psalm Sunday 2011
John 12:13
The English translated word “hosanna” comes from the Greek ὡσαννά, hōsanná. They just used the letters to make the sound of a Greek word.
The Greek translated word “hōsanná” comes from the Hebrew הושיעה־נא, hôšî‘â-nā’. They just used the letters to make the sound of a Hebrew phrase.
Our English word hosanna comes from a Greek work hosanna (hōsanná), which comes from a Hebrew phrase hoshiya na (hôšî‘â-nā’).
The cry for help, hoshiya na, was answered almost before it came out of the psalmist’s mouth.
It used to mean, “Save, please!” But gradually, it came to mean “Salvation! Salvation! Salvation has come!”
So when we sing “Hosanna” now, let’s make it very personal. Let’s make it our praise and our confidence.
The Gallows and the Gift of Life
Palm Sunday 2011