The next day the people in Jerusalem heard that Jesus was coming there. These were the crowds of people who had come to the Passover festival.
Six days before the Passover festival, Jesus went to Bethany. That is where Lazarus lived, the man Jesus raised from death.
Many of the Jews heard that Jesus was in Bethany, so they went there to see him. They also went there to see Lazarus, the one Jesus raised from death.
That’s why so many people went out to meet him—because they had heard about this miraculous sign he did.