Luke 19:4
And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
In Context
Cross References
1 Chronicles 27:28and over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
Isaiah 9:10The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
Luke 5:19And not finding by what [way] they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Luke 19:2-11
The Conversion of Zaccheus. 1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. 4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must… Read the whole commentary →