Zacchaeus
A short chief tax collector of Jericho who climbed a tree to see Jesus and was changed by his visit.
What we know — and how we know it
Where in scripture
LukeThere was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
Luke 19:2
He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
Luke 19:4 — Climbs the sycamore tree
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
Luke 19:5
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
Luke 19:8 — Repays fourfold
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
In their own words — 1 recorded saying
“And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.” — Luke 19:8
Speaker attribution: Clear Bible MACULA (CC BY 4.0). Wording: Bible in Basic English (public domain).
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Photo: Fullo88 at Italian Wikipedia — Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
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