These claims are quite extraordinary for someone who is "humble in heart." [Matt 11:29] Jesus, while arguing with the scribes, makes an interesting statement about Himself and Abraham: Jesus ...

a level of sophistication that one would not have thought characteristic of Jesus, the humble carpenter.... I would locate Jesus more in the middle-class than in the lower middle-class ...

Jesus’s humble Palm Sunday ride upon a donkey mirrors America’s greatness in service, from the Marshall Plan to the Peace Corps.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek ... It is our whole heart given in humble love of God and one another. This is, I believe, the true purpose of Christmas ...

He is humble and rides on a donkey and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” The crowds throw palm branches and put blankets on the road before Jesus. This shows their belief in him as the Messiah.