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Chief publican (αρχιτελωνης). The word occurs nowhere else apparently but the meaning is clear from the other words with αρχι- lik…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
A man named Zaccheus. The name Zaccheus is Hebrew, and shows that this man was a Jew. The Hebrew name properly means pure
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
There was a man named Zacchæus, ...—The name appears in the Old Testament in the form Zaccai (Ezra 2:9; [Reference Neh…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. Ambrose of Milan: Consider Zacchaeus in the sycamore tree and the blind man by the wayside. For the one, our Lord waits …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
Zacchaeus was a “chief tax collector,” holding a higher office in the Roman tax system than Levi did (5:27–30). This system, under which an officer…
John Gill
JohnGill
And behold [there was] a man named Zacchaeus
Or (yakz) , "Zaccai", a name in use among t…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson