Luke 19:2
1 Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
4 So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.
- KJV
- And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
- WEB
- There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
- ASV
- And behold, a man called by name Zacchaeus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.
- DARBY
- And behold, [there was] a man by name called Zacchaeus, and he was chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich.
- BLB
- And behold, a man called by the name Zacchaeus, and he was a chief tax collector, and he [was] rich.
- ÅB
- Og se, der var en mann som hette Sakkeus; han var overtoller og en rik mann.
- OTB
- Der var det en mann ved navn Sakkeus; han var en overtoller og var rik.
- B1930
- Og se, der var en mann som hette Sakkeus; han var overtolder og en rik mann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 18:24–27
Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
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