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Andκαὶlook,ἰδοὺthere wasa manἀνὴρcalledκαλούμενοςby nameὀνόματιZacchaeus;Ζακχαῖοςandκαὶheαὐτὸςwasἦνa chief tax collector,ἀρχιτελώνηςandκαὶheαὐτὸςwasrich.πλούσιος
Luke 19:2
Study it in the app“And look, there was a man called by name Zacchaeus; and he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 19:2, word by word
- a manἀνὴρanēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “anēr” appears- calledκαλούμενοςkaloumenos
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kaloumenos” appears- by nameὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears- ZacchaeusΖακχαῖοςZakchaios
Zacchaeus
Zacchaeus, chief tax collector of Jericho.
Where else “Zakchaios” appears- wasἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- a chief tax collectorἀρχιτελώνηςarchitelōnēs
chief tax collector
Chief tax collector, in charge of other tax collectors.
Where else “architelōnēs” appears- richπλούσιοςplousios
rich
Someone with many possessions.
Where else “plousios” appears
The context
1And he entered and was passing through Jericho.
2 · This verse (above)
3And he was trying to see who Jesus was, and he could not because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.
To study Luke 19 in a group
1. What it says
What does Zacchaeus do to see Jesus, what does Jesus say to him, and what does Zacchaeus promise afterward? (vv. 2-8)
2. What it means
The people grumble because Jesus is staying with a sinner. What does Jesus answer about why he came? (vv. 7-10)
3. How I live it
Zacchaeus welcomed Jesus with joy and changed how he used his money. What could you change in how you use what you have?