Luke 19:2-10
Zacchaeus (Gr. Zakjáios; from Heb. Zakkay, “without blemish”). Jewish publican (tax collector) of Jericho who, when Jesus passed through his city, he made a special effort to see him. Jesus recognized in him someone honest, stayed in his house and converted him (Luk 19: 1-10).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Hebrew, pure. Abbreviated name of Zechariah. Rich chief of the publicans, who were tax collectors for Rome, in Jericho, Lk 16, 1-10, possessor of a great fortune. Jesus stayed in his house and the people commented that he had stayed in the house of a sinner, Lk 19, 1-10. Z. was the first Bishop of Caesarea.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(gr., Zakchaios, from the Hebrew zakkay, pure). A principal of tax collectors. When on one occasion Jesus was passing through Jericho, Zacchaeus greatly desired to see him. Being small in stature, he climbed a tree by the side of the road. Jesus stopped on his journey under this same tree, and looking up urged Zacchaeus to descend, because he had decided to stay in his house (Luk 19:6). Zacchaeus came down with joy and invited Jesus to his home. From that day his life was changed (Luk 19: 8).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(pure).
Chief of the publicans. He climbed a tree to see Jesus: Called by Jesus, he repented, confessed his sin and became a disciple of the Lord, Luke 19: 1-10.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
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Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(Pure). Chief of the tax collectors of the city of Jericho. Being small in stature and wanting to see Jesus, he “climbed a sycamore tree” for that purpose. It was Jesus who saw him and told him to come down because he wanted to pose in his house. Z. received him joyfully in his house, which brought criticism from the people towards the Lord Jesus, † œsaying that he had entered to pose with a sinful man †, concept that was held of the publicans, servants of the hated Empire Roman. But Z. decided to show his repentance by offering half of his possessions for the poor, for which the Lord Jesus said that salvation had come to that house † œbecause he too is a son of Abraham † (Luc 19:1-10). It is true that publicans were famous for collecting more than they owed for their own profit. And many think that Z. was no exception. Others point out that it is difficult, then, to understand why at the moment of his repentance, before the Lord, he promised to repay saying: “… if I have defrauded anyone of anything”, which does not suggest awareness of having done so.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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see, PUBLICAN
vet, (Gr. form; probably contraction of Heb. Zechariah). Rich man from Jericho. The Romans had appointed him chief of the publicans. Zacchaeus became a disciple of Christ (Luke 19:1-10). (See PUBLICAN.)
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Publican tax collector, therefore of bad reputation in the people of Israel and alleged fraudster on behalf of taxpayers.
His interest in Jesus led him to conversion, since he was asked by the Master to give him lodging in his house. (Luke 19. 1-10). The Christian tradition later makes him Bishop of Caesarea, having remained attached to his disciples and very close to the Apostle Peter.
In any case, it remained as a symbol of bad men due to circumstances (and trades) but with good feelings and interested in the things of God, who end up close to the Kingdom of God.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
Head of publicans in Jericho, converted by Jesus, who then stayed in his house (Lk 19,1-10). According to a legend, he was later consecrated Bishop of Caesarea by Saint Peter.
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FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
From the perspective of a Jesus who is “a friend of publicans and sinners” (Lk 7,34; cf. Levi*, Mk 2,13-17) the text of Zacchaeus can and should be interpreted: “Having entered Jericho, he crossed the city. There was a man named Zacchaeus, who was chief publican, and rich. He tried to see who Jesus was, but he couldn’t because of the people, because he was small in stature. He ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass by. And when Jesus arrived at that place, raising his eyes, he said to him: Zacchaeus, come down quickly; because it is convenient for me to stay at your house today. He hurried downstairs and welcomed him with joy. Seeing him, they all murmured saying: He has gone to stay in the house of a sinful man. Zacchaeus, standing up, said to the Lord: I will give, Lord, half of my goods to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay him back fourfold…” (Lk 19:1-10). This publican is the masculine aspect of the sinner in Lk 7:36-50; the people who murmur here are like the Pharisee of Lc 7,39. Lk 7 assumes that the sinner had been loved first, then responding to Jesus. In our text it is said that it was Jesus himself who called Zacchaeus. But the demands that Jesus asks of one and the other are different. He did not demand anything from the sinner of Lk 7,3649, not even that she leave prostitution; Her gesture of love was enough. He asks Zacchaeus, the tax collector (or, at least, he insinuates) to convert and make a gesture of economic justice, to return what was stolen, to compensate for the damage he has done. These demands respond to a gender stereotype (the woman is more linked to love, the man is more related to money), but they cannot be taken literally, since one and the other (publican and publican) are signs of a humanity that can and must find concord of love through gestures that are, at the same time, intimate and external, bodily and social.
PIKAZA, Javier, Dictionary of the Bible. History and Word, Divine Word, Navarra 2007
Source: Dictionary of Bible History and Word
(from the Hebrew, possibly from a root meaning: “clean; pure”).
Chief tax collector of Jericho who became a disciple of Christ. He was probably above the other tax collectors in and around Jericho. The fertile and productive area of Jericho provided considerable taxes due to its trade, and Zacchaeus, like many other tax collectors, probably used dubious practices to procure some of his remarkable wealth, for the record says that he “was rich.” . (Lu 19:1, 2, 8; see TAX COLLECTOR.)
When Jesus arrived in Jericho in the spring of 33 CE, before going to Jerusalem to face death, Zacchaeus looked for a way to see him, but because he was short, he could not see above the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a tree. This interest so impressed Jesus that he told Zacchaeus that he would stay in his house while he was in Jericho. However, the townspeople objected, saying that Jesus made friends with sinners. Zacchaeus showed a change in his attitude, for he said that he would return four times what he had wrongfully obtained and give half of his possessions to the poor. Jesus recognized that his house was then on the road to salvation. (Lu 19:3-10) It was on that occasion that Jesus gave the illustration of the pounds. (Lu 19:11-28.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible