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Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
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Repentance Proven by Action
Commentators agree that Zacchaeus's declaration is not just words, but powerful evidence of a genuine change of heart. Scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Spurgeon see his commitment to give to the poor and make restitution as the "indisputable evidence" and "grand proof" of his conversion. True repentance, they explain, is demonstrated by tangible actions that correct past wrongs and reflect a new, transformed life.
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Luke
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The half of my goods I give to the poor. It is not necessary to understand this as affirming that this had been his practice, or that he s…
Stood (σταθεις). Apparently Jesus and Zacchaeus had come to the house of Zacchaeus and were about to enter when the murmur became …
19th Century
Anglican
Zacchaeus stood, and said to the Lord . . .—The word for “stood” is the same as that used in the parable of the Pharisee …
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Baptist
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…
Zacchaeus’s announcement sounds abrupt and is probably intended to seem so. After all, Luke (following Jesus) stresses the use of possessions as a …
16th Century
Protestant
And Zaccheus stood, and said. From this result they should have formed their opinion of what Christ did; but men are so hasty and precipit…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Zacchaeus stood Before Christ, in respect to him, and reverence of him; and in the presence of others, to make a…
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…
