Luke 19:5-6

19:5 And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up ¹  and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, ²  because I must ³  stay at your house today.” ⁴  19:6 So he came down quickly ⁵  and welcomed Jesus ⁶  joyfully. ⁷ 

¹ tc Most mss (A [D] W [Ψ] ˹³ 33^vid Ï latt) read “Jesus looking up, saw him and said.” The words “saw him and” are not in א B L T Θ Ë¹ 579 1241 2542 pc co. Both the testimony for the omission and the natural tendency toward scribal expansion argue for the shorter reading here.

² tn Grk “hastening, come down.” σπεύσας (speusa") has been translated as a participle of manner.

³ sn I must stay. Jesus revealed the necessity of his associating with people like Zacchaeus (5:31-32). This act of fellowship indicated acceptance.

⁴ sn On today here and in v. 9, see the note on today in 2:11.

⁵ tn Grk “hastening, he came down.” σπεύσας (speusas) has been translated as a participle of manner.

⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn The participle χαίρων (cairwn) has been taken as indicating manner.