And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
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Gill's Exposition
And Zacchaeus stood,.... Before Christ, in respect to him, and reverence of him; and in the presence of others, to make a public confession before them, and that they might all hear it, when come to…
Barnes' Notes
Murmured - Found fault, complained. To be a guest - To remain with, or to be entertained by. A man that is a sinner - All publicans they regarded as great sinners, and the “chief” of the publicans,…
Adam Clarke
To be guest with a man that is a sinner - Meaning either that he was a heathen, or, though by birth a Jew, yet as bad as a heathen, because of his unholy and oppressive office. See the note on 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
they all murmured Rather, they all began to murmur aloud.
The all" is very significant as shewing how deep-seated was the national feeling which, because it was unworthy, our Lord at the very zenith…
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