Luke 19:4

Luke 19:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
• New International Version (NIV)So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.

Context of Luke 19:4

2And behold, a man called by name Zacchæus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich. 3And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature. And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. 5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. 6And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

Luke 19:4 word by word

καὶ προδραμὼν εἰς τὸ ἔμπροσθεν ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομορέαν ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἐκείνης ἤμελλεν διέρχεσθαι.Read the interlinear

• beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
• climbedἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• passδιέρχομαιdierchomai · to pass throughG1330

Cross-references for Luke 19:4

• Luke 5:19And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
• 1 Kings 10:27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
• 1 Chronicles 27:28and over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
• Isaiah 9:10The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.
• Amos 7:14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

Commentaries on Luke 19:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4He ran before - The shortness of his stature was amply compensated by his agility and invention. Had he been as tall as the generality of the crowd, he might have been equally unnoticed with the rest. His getting into the tree made him conspicuous: had he not been so low of stature he would not have done so. Even the imperfections of our persons may become subservient to the grace of God in our eternal salvation. As the passover was at hand, the road was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4A sycamore tree - See this described in the notes at Luke 17:6.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4climbed a sycamore-fig tree: This action was very undignified for a man with the power and wealth of Zacchaeus. It shows that he truly wanted to see and know Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-10The 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.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 19:4

• Hospitality
• Jericho
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Publicans
• Sycamore
• Zacchaeus (Zaccheus)

In the dictionaries

• Sycomore, Tree
• Cast
• Climb
• Compass
• Jericho
• Occupy
• Rebuke
• Round
• Salvation
• Sycamine tree

Commentaries on Luke 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings