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Text -- Luke 19:1-15 (NET)
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Jesus and Zacchaeus
19:1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it.
19:2 Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich .
19:3 He was trying to get a look at Jesus , but being a short man he could not see over the crowd .
19:4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him , because Jesus was going to pass that way.
19:5 And when Jesus came to that place , he looked up and said to him , “Zacchaeus , come down quickly , because I must stay at your house today .”
19:6 So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully .
19:7 And when the people saw it, they all complained , “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner .”
19:8 But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord , “Look , Lord , half of my possessions I now give to the poor , and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much !”
19:9 Then Jesus said to him , “Today salvation has come to this household , because he too is a son of Abraham !
19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost .”
The Parable of the Ten Minas
19:11 While the people were listening to these things , Jesus proceeded to tell a parable , because he was near to Jerusalem , and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately .
19:12 Therefore he said , “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return .
19:13 And he summoned ten of his slaves , gave them ten minas , and said to them , ‘Do business with these until I come back .’
19:14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him , saying , ‘We do not want this man to be king over us !’
19:15 When he returned after receiving the kingdom , he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money . He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Zacchaeus |
Jericho |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
LUKE, THE GOSPEL OF |
MILLENNIUM, PREMILLENNIAL VIEW |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
KING, CHRIST AS |
OLIVES, MOUNT OF |
Pound |
WEALTH, WEALTHY |
Hospitality |
Tax Collectors |
TRESPASS |
Steward |
Civil Service |
Faithfulness |
Judgment |
Trustee |
Unfaithfulness |
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NET Notes -> Luk 19:1; Luk 19:1; Luk 19:2; Luk 19:2; Luk 19:3; Luk 19:3; Luk 19:3; Luk 19:4; Luk 19:4; Luk 19:4; Luk 19:5; Luk 19:5; Luk 19:5; Luk 19:5; Luk 19:6; Luk 19:6; Luk 19:6; Luk 19:6; Luk 19:7; Luk 19:7; Luk 19:7; Luk 19:8; Luk 19:8; Luk 19:9; Luk 19:9; Luk 19:9; Luk 19:9; Luk 19:10; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:11; Luk 19:12; Luk 19:12; Luk 19:12; Luk 19:13; Luk 19:13; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:14; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:15
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NET Notes: Luk 19:2 This is the one place in the NT the office of chief tax collector is noted. He would organize the other tax collectors and collect healthy commissions...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:4 Grk “that one”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:6 Zacchaeus responded joyfully. Luke likes to mention joy as a response to what God was doing (1:14; 2:10; 10:20; 13:17; 15:5, 32; 19:37; 24:41, 52).
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NET Notes: Luk 19:7 Being the guest of a man who is a sinner was a common complaint about Jesus: Luke 5:31-32; 7:37-50; 15:1-2.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:8 This is a first class condition in the Greek text. It virtually confesses fraud.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:9 Zacchaeus was personally affirmed by Jesus as a descendant (son) of Abraham and a member of God’s family.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:10 The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost is Jesus’ mission succinctly defined. See Luke 15:1-32.
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NET Notes: Luk 19:12 The background to this story about the nobleman who went…to receive for himself a kingdom had some parallels in the area’s recent history:...
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NET Notes: Luk 19:13 That is, one for each. A mina was a Greek monetary unit worth one hundred denarii or about four months’ wages for an average worker based on a s...
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