Luke 19:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

² Just then, there appeared a man named Zacchaeus, who was a wealthy, chief tax collector.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And there was a man called Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, and [he was] rich.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And behold, a man called by name Zacchæus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.

Common English Bible

² A man there named Zacchaeus, a ruler among tax collectors, was rich.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. And he was the leader of the tax collectors, and he was wealthy.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans, and he was rich.

Luke 19:2 Cross References

Matthew 10:3

Philip, Bartholomew [i.e., the same as Nathaniel. See John 1:45], Thomas [i.e., the same as Didymus. See John 11:16], Matthew, the tax collector [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14], James, the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus [i.e., the same as Judas, son of James. See Luke 6:16],

Luke 19:1

So, Jesus [finally] entered Jericho and was traveling through it.

Luke 19:3

He was trying to see which one was Jesus, but could not due to the large crowd and [because] he was so short.

Luke 19:5

And when Jesus came to the tree, He said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down [from that tree], for I need to stay at your house today.”