The lost (το απολωλος). The neuter as a collective whole, second perfect active participle of απολλυμ, to destroy. See Lu 15 for t…

The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.—Similar words had been spoken once before, under circumst…

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto t…

St. Ambrose of Milan: Consider Zacchaeus in the sycamore tree and the blind man by the wayside. For the one, our Lord waits …

Salvation did not “come to this house” because Zacchaeus finally did a good deed but because he was “a son of Abraham” (v.9), which probably means …

For the son of man
Meaning himself, who was truly man, and the Messiah, and which was one of his names in the Old Te…

Those who sincerely desire a sight of Christ, like Zaccheus, will break through opposition and take pains to see him. Christ invited himself to Zac…