Mark 11:8

Modern

Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.

Traditional

And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Literal

And many spread their garments in the road, and others, branches having been cut from the fields.

Latin

Multi autem vestimenta sua straverunt in via: alii autem frondes cædebant de arboribus, et sternebant in via.

Greek

English

Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.

the colt ... He sat on it: Compare Zechariah 9:9. Some of the people surely understood that they were witnessing the arrival of the Messiah (the Christ, God's chosen king).
The disciples made a seat for Jesus by placing their outer garments (cloaks) on the colt. Other people spread clothing and branches from nearby trees along the road as an act of honor while Jesus rode into Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 1:38–48; 2 Kings 9:13).

This section focuses on the relationship between Jesus and the temple in Jerusalem. In Mark’s Gospel, all the events and teachings connected with Jerusalem are gathered in 11:1–16:8.
The section ends with the second long teaching discourse of Jesus (13:1–37) (see 4:1–34). In this discourse, Jesus speaks about the destruction of the temple and the coming of the Son of Man. This teaching is the high point of many warnings in 11:1–13:37 about God’s coming judgment on Jerusalem and the temple (see especially 11:12–25 and 12:1–12).

Leviticus 23:40
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.