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Luke 19:2 Cross-References
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“And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.”
Luke 19:2 (KJV)
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Commentary on Luke 19:2
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. Luke's idou (ἰδού, "behold") draws attention to this unlikely character. The name Zacchaeus (Ζακχαῖος, Zakchaios) derives from Hebrew Zakkai, meaning "pure" or "righteous"—deeply ironic given his profession. He was architelōnēs (ἀρχιτελώνης, "chief tax collector"), a term appearing only here in Scripture. This wasn't a common tax collector but the overseer of multiple collectors, making him doubly despised—both a Roman collaborator and an exploiter of fellow Jews.The detail "he was rich" (ka...
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