Luke 19:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 19:3 Cross References

Mark 15:40

There were also women looking on from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,

Luke 12:25

And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to your span of life?

Luke 19:2

A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

Luke 19:4

So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way.

Luke 23:8

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long time because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some sign.

John 12:21

They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”