(Jesus) “I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive (dechomai) the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” – Luke 18:17 (NIV)
(Luke 18:35) Bartimaeus: bar – son, tame’ – unclean, defiled (CWSBD) foul in a religious sense, polluted (OTESD) (Mark 10:46-47)
(vv.1-2)
Zacchaeus: pure (CWSB), clean, just (HBND)
(v.3)
Zacchaeus’ biggest hindrance to seeing, knowing, understanding Jesus:
See: (eidon) 1. To see 2. To know (i.e., to get knowledge of, to understand, perceive) (OTESD)
(v.4)
See: (eidon) 1. To see 2. To know (i.e. to get knowledge of, to understand, perceive) (OTESD)
Zacchaeus attempts to see, know, understand Jesus with his .
There is
Zacchaeus is climbing a tree of
Sycomore – called the fig-mulberry (ficus sycomorus). At Jericho, Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus as he passed by (Luke 19:4). This tree was easily destroyed by frost. Amos (Amos 7:14) refers to its fruit, which is of an inferior character (EBD)
(v.5)
Jesus Zacchaeus and calls him by
To abide implies
“I must abide at thy house” implies a
Jesus is giving the
“Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for today I must abide (meno) at thy house.” – Luke 19:5 (KJV)
If you abide in Me, and My words abide (meno) in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
– John 15:7 (NKJV)
Zacchaeus Jesus (v.6)
Zacchaeus’ response to Jesus:
And he hurried and came down, and received (hupodechomai) Him joyfully – Luke 19:6 (NASB)
Received: hupodechomai – to receive under one’s roof (VCED)
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name – John 1:12-13 (NASB95)
Sadly, the crowd could only see Zacchaeus as he
They called him a (v.7)
They murmured about Zacchaeus in the
…and having seen [it], they were all (hapas) murmuring, saying, “He went in to lodge with a sinful man!” – Luke 19:7 (LSV)
All: hápas – all, but stronger than the basic pás. All, the whole, universal (CWSBD)
Jesus saw him and called him by who he and called him Zacchaeus
Zacchaeus: pure, clean, just (HBND)
Luke tells us that Jesus is , Zacchaeus calls him (v.8)
Receiving Jesus (v.6) and calling Jesus “Lord”, Zacchaeus realizes that things
Zacchaeus deals with his first
Zacchaeus is declaring that he is
Jesus Responds (v.9)
Jesus concludes with His Mission Statement (v.10)
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost (apollume).” – Luke 19:10 (NASB95)
Lost: (ä-po’l-lü-mē) 1) to destroy fully a) to put out of the way entirely, abolish, put an end to ruin b) render useless c) to kill d) to declare that one must be put to death e) metaphor to devote or give over to eternal misery in hell (OTESD)
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us
– Romans 5:8 (NASB)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
– John 14:6 (NASB95)