ἅπαντες : general muttered dissent (not even the Twelve excepted), which Jesus anticipated and disregarded. Note His courage, and how much prejudice the uncommon in conduct has to reckon with. ἁμαρτωλῷ : no reason to think with some ancient and modern commentators that Zacchaeus was a Gentile, a son of Abraham only in a spiritual sense. They thought him unfit to be Christ's host because he was a “sinner” (Grotius). A sinner of course because a publican, a great sinner because a chief publican.

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