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The close relationship between Old and New Testaments is sometimes uncanny.
Can it be that a passage in Zechariah is directly related to the happenings of Palm/Passion Sunday in John's Gospel? Of course, the answer is in the affirmative. In fact, Zechariah is even quoted.
This gives rise to the question of why some segments of the universal Church seem to place undue emphasis on one or the other. Aren't they to be studied and appreciated as a unity? I think so and in a crucial way they prove and enhance each other.
The close relationship between Old and New Testaments is sometimes uncanny.
Can it be that a passage in Zechariah is directly related to the happenings of Palm/Passion Sunday in John's Gospel? Of course, the answer is in the affirmative. In fact, Zechariah is even quoted.
This gives rise to the question of why some segments of the universal Church seem to place undue emphasis on one or the other. Aren't they to be studied and appreciated as a unity? I think so and in a crucial way they prove and enhance each other.
