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Luke 19:2 KJV
Luke · chapter 19 · verse 2
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.Luke 19:2 · King James Version
Luke 19:2 in context
1And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
3And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
4And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ZacchaeuszakchaiosZacchaeus = " pure" , a chief tax collectorG2195 →
- publicansarchitelōnēsa chief of tax collectors, chief publicanG754 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- namedonomaname univ. of proper names, the name is used for everything which the name covers…G3686 →
- namedkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
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Many, no doubt, were converted to the faith of Christ of whom no account is kept in the gospels; but the conversion of some, whose case had something in it extraordinary, is recorded, as this of Zaccheus. Christ passed through Jericho, Luk 19:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10