Luke 19:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

Luke 19:2 —

Old words in this verse

publican: — tax collector.

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Topics

Capital and Labor Care Pride Prosperity Publicans Rich, the Zacchaeus (zaccheus)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

Many, no doubt, were converted to the faith of Christ of whom no account is kept in the gospels; but the conversion of some, whose case had something in it extraordinary, is recorded, as this of Zaccheus. Christ passed through Jericho, Luke 19:1. This city was build under a curse, yet Christ honoured it with his presence, for the gospel takes away the curse. Though it ought not to have been built,…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

Lu 19:1-10. Zaccheus the Publican. The name is Jewish. 2-4. chief among the publicans--farming a considerable district, with others under him. rich--Ill-gotten riches some of it certainly was. (See on Lu 19:8.)