Lukas 19:2

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Di situ ada seorang bernama Zakheus, kepala pemungut cukai, dan ia seorang yang kaya.

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Di situ ada seorang bernama Zakheus, kepala pemungut cukai, dan ia seorang yang kaya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka adalah seorang bernama Zakheus, yaitu kepala pemungut cukai, lagi kaya.

Contextual Overview

¹ And he entred in, and went through Hierico. ² And beholde, there was a man named Zacheus, which was the chiefe among the publicanes, and was riche [also]: ³ And he sought [meanes] to see Iesus, what he shoulde be, & coulde not for the preasse, because he was litle of stature. ⁴ And he ran before, and clymed vp into a wylde fygge tree, to see hym: for he was to come that way. ⁵ And when Iesus came to the place, he loked vp and sawe hym, and sayde vnto hym: Zache, come downe at once, for to day I must abyde at thy house. ⁶ And he came downe hastyly, and receaued hym ioyfully. ⁷ And when they al saw it, they murmured, saying that he was gone in to tary with a man that is a synner. ⁸ And Zache stoode foorth, and sayde vnto the Lorde: Beholde Lorde, the halfe of my goodes I geue to the poore, and yf I haue taken from any man by forged cauillation, I restore him foure folde. ⁹ Iesus sayde vnto hym: This daye is saluation come to this house, because that he also is become the childe of Abraham. ¹⁰ For the sonne of man is come to seke, and to saue that which was lost.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the chief: סקיפוכשםחע [Strong's G754], rather, "a chief publican," or tax gatherer. Probably Zacchaeus, who appears from his name to have been a Jew, farmed the revenue of the district around Jericho, having others under him, who either rented of him smaller portions, or were employed as servants to collect the taxes.

and he: Luke 18:24-27, 2 Chronicles 17:5, 2 Chronicles 17:6

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:46 - publicans Matthew 9:9 - named Matthew 18:17 - a publican John 12:21 - we would 1 Timothy 6:17 - rich

Cross-References

Genesis 18:4
Let a litle water, I pray you, be fet, and washe your feete, and refreshe your selues vnder the tree.

Genesis 19:17
And when he had brought them out, he sayde: Saue thy selfe, and loke not behynde thee, neither tary thou in all this playne [countrey] Saue thy selfe in the mountaine, lest thou perishe.

Genesis 19:21
And he sayde to hym: See, I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing, that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken.

Genesis 19:28
And behelde, and lo the smoke of the countrey arose, as the smoke of a furnesse.

Genesis 19:29
And it came to passe, that when God destroyed the cities of that region, he thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middest of the ouerthrow, when he ouerthrewe the cities, in one of the whiche Lot dwelled.

Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, and her householde, she besought vs, saying: Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs.

Hebrews 13:2
Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers: For therby some hauyng lodged Angels, were vnawares therof.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And behold [there was] a man named Zacchaeus,.... Or

זכאי, "Zaccai", a name in use among the Jews; see Ezra 2:9. We often read of רבי זכאי, "Rabbi Zaccai", or "Zacchaeus" a, and very frequently of R. Jochanan ben Zaccai, a famous doctor that lived in the times of Christ, and even till after the destruction of Jerusalem. The Jews also make mention of one R. Zaccai, a prince of the seed of David the king, in later times b. So that this man, as appears by his name, was a Jew, though some have thought him to have been a Gentile c, perhaps because of his employment: but it does not follow from thence; for there were Jews that were publicans, as Levi, or Matthew, afterwards one of Christ's disciples; and also in Jewish writings, mention is made, as of מוכס נכרי, "a stranger", or "a Gentile publican" d, so likewise of מוכס ישראל, "an Israelite publican" e; and such an one was Zacchaeus, as follows:

which was chief among the publicans; the head of them in that place, to whom the rest brought the tax, tribute, or toll; he was the receiver general of the tax: at the toll booths, at bridges, for people's going over the water, there was מוכס גדול, "the greater publican", and מוכס קטון, "the lesser publican" f, who was deputy to the other. What sort of tax Zacchaeus was concerned in collecting, is not certain; however, he was a principal man in this employ, and had got great riches by it.

And he was rich; was a person of figure among the publicans, and of substance, which he had gained in his post. And though the instances of rich men being called by grace are few, yet there have been some; and the rather this circumstance is mentioned, because it had been observed in the preceding chapter, how difficult, but not impossible, as this instance proves, it was for rich men to enter into the kingdom of God.

a T. Bab. Megilla, fol. 27. 2. & Yebamot, fol. 77. 2. Nazir, fol. 38. 1. & Nidda, fol. 41. 2. & Juchasin, fol. 90. 2. b R. Benjamin Itinerar. p. 61, 94. c Tertull. contr. Marcion. l. 4. c. 37. d T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol. 113. 1. e Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Bava Kama, c. 10. sect. 1. f T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 78. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A man named Zacchaeus - The name Zacchaeus is Hebrew, and shows that this man was a “Jew.” The Hebrew name properly means “pure,” and is the same as Zacchai in Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14. The publicans, therefore, were not all foreigners.

Chief among the publicans - Who presided over other tax-gatherers, or who “received” their collections and transmitted them to the Roman government.

He was rich - Though this class of people was despised and often infamous, yet it seems that they were sometimes wealthy. They sustained, however, the general character of “sinners,” because they were particularly odious in the eyes of the Jews. See Luke 19:7. The evangelist has thought it worthy of record that he was rich, perhaps, because it was so unlikely that a “rich man” should follow so poor and despised a personage as Jesus of Nazareth, and because it was so unusual a thing during his personal ministry. Not many rich were called, but God chiefly chose the poor of this world Compare 1 Corinthians 1:26-29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 19:2. Zaccheus — It is not unlikely that this person was a Jew by birth, see Luke 19:9; but because he had engaged in a business so infamous, in the eyes of the Jews, he was considered as a mere heathen, Luke 19:7.

Chief among the publicans — Either a farmer-general of the taxes, who had subordinate collectors under him: or else the most respectable and honourable man among that class at Jericho.

He was rich. — And therefore the more unlikely to pay attention to an impoverished Messiah, preaching a doctrine of universal mortification and self-denial.