Luke 19:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ He was trying to see which one was Jesus, but could not due to the large crowd and [because] he was so short.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And he was trying to see Jesus, which One He was, but he could not on account of the crowd, because he was small in stature.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

Common English Bible

³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn’t because of the crowd.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he sought to see Jesus, to see who he was. But he was unable to do so, because of the crowd, for he was small in stature.

Luke 19:3 Cross References

Luke 23:8

Now Herod was very pleased when he saw Jesus for he had wanted to see Him for a long time. He had heard [things] about Jesus and [now] hoped to see Him perform a miracle.

John 12:21

So, these people approached [the apostle] Philip, who was from Bethsaida, in Galilee with the request, ‘Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

Luke 12:25

And which one of you can worry yourself into living a single day longer?

Mark 15:40

And there were also some women watching all this from a distance. Among them were Mary from Magdala; Mary the mother of the younger James and [his brother] Joseph [i.e., probably the wife of Clopas. See John 19:25]; and Salome [i.e., the mother of James and John and wife of Zebedee. See Matt. 27:56].

Luke 19:2

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

Luke 19:4

So, he ran on ahead [of the crowd] and climbed up a mulberry tree [Note: This was a tree that produced a fig-like fruit] in order to see Jesus, who was supposed to pass that way [soon].