Patristic A.D. 735
“Again, when our Lord descends from the mount of Olives, the multitude descend also, because since the Author of mercy has suffered humiliation, it is necessary that all those who need His mercy should follow His footsteps.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 19:37-40
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1843) ↗