“The next day the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!’” —John 12:12–13 (NRSV) Palm Sunday. The beginning of the end. The moment when people welcomed Jesus as a savior. Waving palms. Shouting “Hosanna,” which literally means, "Save us." And within days? Those same voices were