There was a chief tax collector there. Both the importance and location of Jericho would make it a center for the Roman tax collection. Zacchaeus was supervisor of the district. Who was rich. The job paid very well. But he was honest (Luke 19:8).
Verse Luke 19:2. _ZACCHEUS_] It is not unlikely that this person was a Jew by birth, see Luke 19:9; but because he had engaged in a business so infamous, in the eyes of the Jews, he was considered as...
A MAN NAMED ZACCHAEUS - The name Zacchaeus is Hebrew, and shows that this man was a “Jew.” The Hebrew name properly means “pure,” and is the same as Zacchai in Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14. The publicans,...
CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 19:1-27 _ 1. The Salvation of Zacchaeus. (Luke 19:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Ten Pounds. (Luke 19:11 .) Luke 19:1 When He drew near to Jericho the Lord healed the blind beggar. T...
Lk. here inserts an incident and a parable between Mark 10:52 and Matthew 11:1. LUKE 19:1. JESUS AND ZACCHÆ US (Lk. only). The incident is akin to that of Levi,...
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. And--look you--there was a man called Zacchaeus by name, and he was commissioner of taxes, and he was rich. He was seeking to see who Jesus was, and h...
THE GUEST OF THE MAN WHOM ALL MEN DESPISED (Luke 19:1-10)...
BEHOLD. App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. man. Greek. _aner._ App-123. NAMED. called by name. Zaccheaus. Aramaic, _Zakkai. pure._ Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14. App-94. CHIEF AMONG THE PUBLICA...
_behold_ The style of this chapter shews that St Luke is using a document of Aramaic origin. _a man named Zaccheus Zakkai_means -pure." Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14; Jos. _Vit._46. There is a Zakkai in th...
Luke 19:1-10. ZACCHAEUS THE TAX-GATHERER...
ΚΑῚ ἸΔΟΎ. The style of this chapter shews that St Luke is using a document of Aramaic origin. ὈΝΌΜΑΤΙ ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ. The more classic phrase would have been ὄνομα καλ. ΖΑΚΧΑΙ͂ΟΣ. _Zakkai_ means ‘pure.’...
Ver 1. And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho 2. And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the Publicans, and he was rich. 3. And he sought to see Jesus who he was;...
ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать; _pass._ носить имя. ΆΡΧΙΤΕΛΏΝΗΣ (G754) главный сборщик податей, старший над сборщиками податей. Хотя сам этот термин в греческом не ветр...
AND JESUS ENTERED, &C.— After conferring sight on the beggars, (see Matthew 9:27; Matthew 9:38.) Jesus entered Jericho attended by them, by his disciples, and by the multitude: he made no stay however...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Penitence (Luke 19:1-10) 19 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2And there was a man named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and rich. 3And he sought to se...
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED ZACCHEUS - the same as Zacchai, Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14. F...
1 Compare Jos_6:26; 1Ki_16:34. 2 The case of Zaccheus meant much more to a patriotic Jew than we can possibly imagine. The most hated and unpopular class in the whole nation were the tax farmers, who...
19:2 he (d-17) Or 'the man.' lit. 'this.'...
THE CHIEF] RV 'a chief publican.' 'There must have been at Jericho one of the principal custom-houses, both on account of the exportation of the balm which grew in that oasis, and which was sold in al...
ZACCELEUS. THE POUNDS. CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. HE CLEANSES THE TEMPLE 1-10. Zacchaeus (peculiar to Lk). The narrative shows that our Lord's familiar intercourse with publicans and si...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 19 JESUS AND ZACCHAEUS 19:1-10 V1 Jesus was walking through the city of Jericho. V2 The chief *tax-collector there was Zacchaeus. He was very rich. V...
THERE WAS A MAN NAMED ZACCHÆUS,... — The name appears in the Old Testament in the form Zaccai (Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14), and meant “pure” or “innocent.” Rabbinic writers mention a Zacchæus as living a...
_The story of Zacchaeus_, in Lk. only, apparently derived from an Aramaic source note the abundant use of καὶ to connect clauses but bearing traces of editorial revision in the style (καθότι, Luke 19:...
THE SINNER AND HIS GUEST Luke 19:1-10 For long, we may suppose, the better things had been striving against the worse in this man's character. John the Baptist had wielded great influence over Zacche...
Zacchaeus was the last convert but one in the ministry of Jesus. Our Lord's method with him is very revealing. He asked for his hospitality, and after receiving it held an unrecorded conversation with...
And, behold, [there was] a man named Zacchaeus, which was the (a) chief among the publicans, and he was rich. (a) The overseer and head of the publicans who were there together: for the publicans wer...
What sinner can despair when he sees the Saviour of mankind seeking to save him; when he beholds even a publican and a rich man, at the same time, who, as our Saviour informs us in another place, are...
CHAPTER 17 CONVERSION OF ZACCHEUS Luke 19:1-10. _“Having come in, He passed through Jericho. And, behold, a man by name called Zaccheus, and he was chief of the publicans, and he was rich.”_ The publ...
8. _Jesus at the House of Zaccheus: Luke 19:1-10_. VERS. 1-10. In Matthew and Mark, the account of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem immediately follows that of the healing of Bartimeus. There is a blank le...
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of sta...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_ZACCHÆUS_ ‘And behold, there was a man named Zacchæus.’ Luke 19:2 ‘Behold’—here the history of a soul, its struggles into the light. I. ZACCHÆUS WAS ‘RICH’: the sin is when money is used only for...
The history of His last approach to Jerusalem and intercourse with it now commences (Luke 19:35). Here then He presents Himself anew as the Son of David, and for the last time; laying on the conscienc...
AND BEHOLD [THERE WAS] A MAN NAMED ZACCHAEUS,.... Or זכאי, "Zaccai", a name in use among the Jews; see Ezra 2:9. We often read of רבי זכאי, "Rabbi Zaccai", or "Zacchaeus" a, and very frequently of R....
And, behold, _there was_ a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. Ver. 2. _And behold_] This "behold" one compareth to a hand in the margin of a book, pointing...
_Jesus entered and passed through Jericho_ Namely, after performing the miracle recorded at the close of the preceding chapter. He was now on his way from the other side Jordan to Bethany, near Jerusa...
AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A MAN NAMED ZACCHAEUS, WHICH WAS THE CHIEF AMONG THE PUBLICANS, AND HE WAS RICH....
ZACCHAEUS THE PUBLICAN. Jesus at Jericho:...
ZACCHAEUS RECEIVING THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-10) There was yet another man to be rescued from Jericho, the city of the curse (Joshua 6:26). The Lord, in faithful grace, passed through that city, an avail...
1-10 Those who sincerely desire a sight of Christ, like Zaccheus, will break through opposition, and take pains to see him. Christ invited himself to Zaccheus' house. Wherever Christ comes he opens t...
We have had frequent occasions to hint, that the publicans were the gatherers of the public revenue for the Romans. Amongst them there was an order of superior and inferior officers: Zacchaeus was the...
Luke 19:2 Now G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) man G435 named G3686 G2564 (G5746) Zacchaeus G2195 who...
THE TRANSFORMATION AND SALVATION OF AN OUTCAST (19:2-10). In direct contrast with the rich ruler is another man of status. He is a chief public officer. But in contrast with the rich ruler his eyes ar...
‘And behold, a man called by name Zacchaeus, and he was a chief public officer, Here we have the account of a chief public officer who was converted, whose name was Zacchaeus (ironically his name is p...
ZACCHEUS THE PUBLICAN. The incident is peculiar to Luke, and is a proof of independence. ‘The fundamental idea of Luke's Gospel demanded that the favor shown to the rich publican should not be omitted...
Luke 19:2. ZACCHEUS. The name is the Hebrew word meaning ‘pure,' with a Greek ending attached to it. He was therefore of Jewish origin (comp. Luke 19:9). A CHIEF PUBLICAN. Probably the superintendent...
CHIEF PUBLICAN (αρχιτελωνης). The word occurs nowhere else apparently but the meaning is clear from the other words with αρχι- like αρχιερευς (chief priest) αρχιποιμην (chief shepherd). Jericho was...
Luke 19:1 I. A whole paragraph is devoted to the delineation of one man's life, while so many great subjects are hardly touched upon in the Christian Scriptures. Yet let us not complain of what looks...
Luke 19:1 _And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho._ There was to be a miracle at each end of Jericho. Long before, it had been cursed; now it was to have a double blessing. Luke 19:2. _And, be...
Luke 19:1. _And Jesus entered_ That is, he entered at one end of the town, Luke 19:1. _And passed through Jericho._ And so came out at the other end of it. Luke 19:2. And, behold, there was a ma
Luke 19:1. _And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans and he was rich._ Jesus Christ had just blessed a blind...
Luke 19:1. _And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich._ Many of those tax-gatherers were ric...
Luke 19:1. And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was;...
CONTENTS: Conversion of Zaccheus. Parable of the pounds. Triumphal entry. Jesus weeps over Jerusalem. Purification of the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Zacchaeus, Abraham, disciples. CONCLUSION: Th...
Luke 19:11. _He spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem,_ to correct the fond error of those who thought he would reign on earth. This parable therefore differs from that of the talents, in...
_A man named Zaccheus._ ZACCHEUS THE PUBLICAN I. THE GRACIOUS ENTRY. II. A COMMENDABLE CURIOSITY. 1. This curiosity unusual. (1) A rich man anxious to see Jesus. (2) A rich man overcoming hindra...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 19:2 CHIEF TAX COLLECTOR. Jericho was a major toll collection point for goods passing east and west. ⇐...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 19:1 Jesus’ encounter with Zacchaeus is an example of the kingdom of God bringing salvation to outcasts. It also provides a lesson on the proper place of money and possessions in God...
CHAPTER 19 VER. 1. _And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho._ S. Luke continues the account of the journey to Jerusalem. I have spoken of this in the preceding chapter, verse 35....
_And behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans._ Christ gave sight to the blind man near Jericho; soon after, in Jericho itself, He converted Zacchæus, for no pla...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 19:1. JERICHO.—“The city of palm-trees (Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16) is about six miles from the Jordan and fifteen from Jerusalem. When taken by Joshua the site had been curse...
EXPOSITION LUKE 19:1 _Jesus lodges in the house of Zacchaeus, _"_the_ _chief among the publicans_"_ at Jericho. _This episode, which took place at Jericho just before the Lord's entry into Jerusalem...
Now Jesus has entered into Jericho (Luke 19:1). And as He is passing through the city, Behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans (Luke 19:2), The city of Jeric...
2 Chronicles 17:5; 2 Chronicles 17:6; Luke 18:24...
Named [ο ν ο μ α τ ι κ α λ ο υ μ ε ν ο ς]. Lit., called by name. Compare ch. 1 61. Zacchaeus. Saccai, "the just....
WHERE THE SAVIOUR AND THE SINNER MEET Luke 19:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A sinner seeking to see the Saviour. The fame of Jesus had swept into all the regions about. Great crowds continually thronged H...
The chief of the publicans — What we would term, commissioner of the customs. A very honourable as well as profitable place....