People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . tZacchseus, small in stature, could notsee him, though not too small for Jesusto see. Other persons as remarkableas Zacchffius were little in stature, asPlato, Paul, and the English poet Po{) crowd often hide Clnist from thesoul. 4. climbed up into a sycamore tree] Having run on into the front ofor before the crowd, he climbed up intoa sycomore, or Egyptian fig-tree, tosee him. The tree is not the same asthe sycamine or mulberry in 17 : 6,
People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . tZacchseus, small in stature, could notsee him, though not too small for Jesusto see. Other persons as remarkableas Zacchffius were little in stature, asPlato, Paul, and the English poet Po{) crowd often hide Clnist from thesoul. 4. climbed up into a sycamore tree] Having run on into the front ofor before the crowd, he climbed up intoa sycomore, or Egyptian fig-tree, tosee him. The tree is not the same asthe sycamine or mulberry in 17 : 6, noras our American sycamore, but is theficus sycomorus, a common tree now inthe Jordan Valley and on the Syriancoast. See Pal. Memor. Flora, p. Post, of Beirut, says the tree isfound in the public squares and by the road sides of Syrian cities. A gigan-tic one overshadows the chief entrance of Damascus. Its broad spreadingand low branches make it a peculiarly easy tree tociimb. Regardless of thesneers of others, or of fashionable dignity and propriety, Zacchseus climbedthe sycomore as Jesus was to pass that way. Erom v. 1 (see revised. KGYPTIAN FIG. Common Version. 2 And, behold, there loas a man named Zac-cheiis, which was the chief among the pub-licans, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was;and could not for the press, because he waslittle of stature. 4 And he ran before, and climbed up into asycamore tree to see him ; lor he was to passthat wa>/. 17 Revised Version. 2 Jericho. And behold, a man called by nameZaccbseus; and he was achief publican, and 3 he was rich. And he sougbt to see Jesuswho he was ; and could not fur the crowd, 4 because he was little of stature. And heran on before, and climbed up into a syco-more tree to see him: for he was to pass 258 A COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE. [Luke 19 :5-8. reading) it is fair to infer that the tree was in Jericho, perhaps by the market-place or open square. 5. I must abide at thy house] And
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