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Luke 19:4 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Luke 19:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 19 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.”
Luke 19:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 19:4
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. The verb prodramōn (προδραμών, "ran before") describes Zacchaeus racing ahead of the crowd—undignified behavior for a wealthy official in ancient Near Eastern culture, where prominent men walked with measured dignity. His climbing into a sycamore tree (sykomorean, συκομόραν) was even more humiliating. This wasn't the mulberry sycamore of Europe but the fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus), common in Jericho, with low branches suitable for climbing but requiring him to scramble up in full view of the mocki...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 19:4
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“The bricks are fallen down”
“they went up to the housetop”
“And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:”
“and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland”
“I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;,Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:, וַיַּעַן עָמוֹס וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֲמַצְיָה לֹא־נָבִיא אָנֹכִי וְלֹא בֶן־נָבִיא אָנֹכִי כִּי־בוֹקֵר אָנֹכִי וּבוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים׃ ,Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: I was no prophet”
“their sycamore fig trees with frost.”