And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
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Gill's Exposition
And he sought to see Jesus who he was,.... What sort of a person he was for complexion, stature, and age: having heard much of him, he was very desirous of indulging his curiosity with a sight of him;…
Barnes' Notes
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 Ezr 2:9; Neh 7:14. The publicans,…
Adam Clarke
Zaccheus - It is not unlikely that this person was a Jew by birth, see Luk 19:9; but because he had engaged in a business so infamous, in the eyes of the Jews, he was considered as a mere heathen, Luk…
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…
Cambridge Bible
behold The style of this chapter shews that St Luke is using a document of Aramaic origin.
a man named Zaccheus Zakkaimeans -pure." Ezr 2:9; Neh 7:14; Jos. Vit.46. There is a Zakkai in the Talmud,…