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Zacchaeus then ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree along Jesus's path. When Jesus reached the spot he looked up at the sycamore tree (actually a sycamore-fig Ficus sycomorus [7]), addressed Zacchaeus by name, and told him to come down, for he intended to visit his house. The crowd was shocked that Jesus, a religious teacher/prophet, would ...
Olamide Zaccheaus (/ oʊ ˈ l ɑː m ɪ d eɪ z ɑː ˈ k iː ʌ s / oh-LAH-mih-day zah-KEE-us; [1] born July 23, 1997) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL).
The authorities in Caesarea had brought in Christians from the surrounding area to apostasize or face death. Among them was a deacon from Gadara, Zaccheus, so-called after the person in the New Testament, according to Eusebius in the long recension of Martyrs of Palestine, owing to his short stature and sweet nature.
The Gospel of Luke 18:35–43 handles the story in a different way; there is one unnamed blind man, and the author shifts the incident to take place as Jesus is approaching Jericho, so it can lead into the story of Zacchaeus.
Zacchaeus (Greek: Ζακχαῖος, Zakchaios; Hebrew: זכי, "pure", "innocent" [4]) of Jericho was wealthy, a chief tax collector, mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke. [5] A descendant of Abraham , Zacchaeus is the epitome of someone meeting Jesus ' in his earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost. [ 6 ]
Zechariah (Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā, "remember Yah"; Greek: Ζαχαρίας; Zacharias in KJV; Zachary in the Douay–Rheims Bible; Zakariyya (Arabic: زكريا, romanized: Zakariyyā) in Islamic tradition) is a Jewish figure in the New Testament and the Quran, [2] and venerated in Christianity and Islam. [3]
San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) runs against Buffalo Bills safety Taylor Rapp, bottom, during the first half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1 ...
Matthias (/ m ə ˈ θ aɪ ə s /; Koine Greek: Ματθίας, Matthías [maθˈθi.as], from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattiṯyāhū; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲑⲓⲁⲥ; died c. AD 80) was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chosen by God through the apostles to replace Judas Iscariot following the latter's betrayal of Jesus and his subsequent death. [1]