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

2Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way. 5And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today.” 6So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he ranπροτρέχωprotrechō · to outrunG4390
• beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715
• and climbed upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• intoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• a sycomore treeσυκομωραίαsukomōraia · sycamore treeG4809
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• seeὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• he wasμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• to passδιέρχομαιdierchomai · to pass throughG1330
• ·διάdia · through/because ofG1223
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565

Cross-references for Luke 19:4

• Luke 5:19But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.
• 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.
• 1 Chronicles 27:28Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands; Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil.
• Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”
• Amos 7:14Amos replied to Amaziah, “I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig 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