Category:Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1 - 19:2 - 19:3 - 19:4 - 19:5 - 19:6 - 19:7 - 19:8 - 19:9 - 19:10

19:1. Jesus entered and walked through Jericho,

19:2. and behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.

19:3. He sought to see who Jesus was, and he could not because of the crowd, for he was low of stature.

19:4. Running ahead, he climbed up into a sycamore tree that he might see Jesus, for He was to pass that way.

19:5. When Jesus came to the place, looking up, He saw him and said to him: “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for this day I must abide in your house.”

19:6. He made haste and came down and received Him with joy.

19:7. When all saw it, they murmured, saying that He was going to be a guest with a man that was a sinner.

19:8. But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have wronged any man of anything, I restore him fourfold.”

19:9. Jesus said to him, “This day salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

19:10. “For the Son of man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Zacchaeus - Pure, a superintendent of customs; a chief tax-gather (publicanus) at Jericho (Luke 19:1). "The collection of customs at Jericho, which at this time produced and exported a considerable quantity of balsam, was undoubtedly an important post, and would account for Zacchaeus being a rich man." Being short of stature, he hastened on before the multitude who were thronging about Christ as he passed through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem, and climbed up a sycamore tree that he might be able to see him. When our Lord reached the spot he looked up to the publican among the branches, and addressing him by name, told him to make haste and come down, as he intended that day to abide at his house. This led to the remarkable interview recorded by the evangelist, and to the striking parable of the ten pounds (Luke 19:12-27). At Er-riha (Jericho) there is a large, venerable-looking square tower, which goes by the traditional name of the House of Zacchaeus.