Murmured (διεγογγυζοντο). Imperfect middle of this compound onomatopoetic word δια-γογγυζω. In Lu 5:30 we have the simple γογγυζω,…

Murmured. Found fault, complained.

To be a guest. To remain with, or to be entertained by.

A man that is a sinn…

They all murmured.—Better, were all murmuring. It is significant that the murmur was not confined to a special section of rigorou…

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a …

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

Earlier Luke gave us three parables Jesus used to answer the “Pharisees and teachers of the law” who opposed his eating with tax collectors and “si…

And when they saw it, they all murmured. The inhabitants of the town—and, perhaps, some of Christ’s followers—murmur that he …

And when they saw it
The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, "when they all saw this"; that is, as the …

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…