<p>19:38 <i>Blessed is the King that comes in the name of the Lord Peace in heaven and glory in the highest</i>- As noted on :37, they thought that finally the Kingdom was being established. They failed to perceive that the Lord was mocking and deconstructing the whole idea of a triumphal entry, instead glorying in humility and the need to die on a cross in order to establish His Kingdom.</p><p>The Lord didn&rsquo;t turn round and correct them for their misapplication of Scripture. Neither did He reject them or call fire down from Heaven upon them because of their misunderstanding. He said nothing, and let the crowd live on in their misunderstanding and see His death &ndash; in order to teach them something about what was needed in order to enable the Kingdom. And the same &lsquo;long term&rsquo; approach of the Lord is found in His dealing with the demons issue. The elder son in the parable falsely claims to God that he has never broken one of His commands; but although this is evidently untrue, the father (representing God) does not correct him in so many words (Lk. 15:29&ndash;31). </p><p>God has inspired His word in order to interpret certain facts to us. This is further proof that we are not intended to insist on a strictly literal meaning to everything we read (for example, that the sun literally rises). Thus Matthew records that the people cried &lsquo;Hosanna&rsquo; at Christ&rsquo;s entry into Jerusalem (Matt. 21:9). Seeing that first century Israel spoke Aramaic, this is doubtless what did actually come out of their lips. But Luke says that the same group of people shouted &ldquo;Glory&rdquo; (Lk. 19:38). Luke&rsquo;s Gospel seems to be designed for the Greek speaking world, and so he uses the Greek equivalent of &lsquo;Hosanna&rsquo;, even though they did not actually say that word. The way the New Testament quotes the Old with slight changes without pointing this out is another example of how God&rsquo;s word mixes interpretation with direct transmission of facts (e.g. Ps. 32:1-2 cp. Rom. 4:6-7). This fact is not irrelevant to the issue of demons. We have seen that the accounts of demons being cast out are framed in such a way as to show the supremacy of God&rsquo;s power over the vain traditions of the first century world.</p>