Luke 19:4 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 19:4

So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

KJV

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

He has well added, that our Lord was to pass that way, either where the sycamore-tree was, or where he was who was about to believe, that so He might preserve the mystery, and sow the seeds of grace. For He had so come as that through the Jews He came to the Gentiles. He sees then Zacchæus above, for already the excellence of his faith shone forth amidst the fruits of good works, and the loftiness of the fruitful tree; but Zacchæus stands out above the tree, as one who is above the law.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He 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.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
προδραμὼν	prodramōn	having run	G4390 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἔμπροσθεν	emprosthen	front	G1715 →
ἀνέβη	anebē	he went up	G305 →
ἐπὶ	epi	into	G1909 →
συκομορέαν	sukomorean	a sycamore-fig tree	G4809 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
ἴδῃ	idē	he may see	G1492 →
αὐτόν,	auton	Him,	G846 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
ἐκείνης	ekeinēs	that [way]	G1565 →
ἤμελλεν	ēmellen	He was soon	G3195 →
διέρχεσθαι.	dierchesthai	to pass.	G1330 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 9:10
“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
leads to
- Malachi 1:4
  Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the…
Through
Luke 5:19
but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in…
leads to
- Mark 2:4
  Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
Through
1 Chronicles 27:28
Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.
leads to
- 1 Kings 10:27
  The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Amos 7:14
“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
leads to
- Amos 1:1
  These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa—what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son…
- Zechariah 13:5
  He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
- 2 Kings 4:38
  When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and…
- 1 Corinthians 1:27
  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- 2 Kings 2:5
  Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do…