Luke 19:4

The Passion Translation

he ran on ahead of everyone and climbed up a blossoming fig tree to get a glimpse of Jesus as he passed by.

Cross References

Isaiah 9:10

“Our brick walls may have crumbled, but we will rebuild them with dressed stones. Invading armies may have cut down our sycamore trees, but we will plant cedars in their place!”

Luke 5:19

But because there were so many people crowding the door, they had no way to bring him inside. So they crawled onto the roof, dug their way through the roof tiles, and lowered the man, stretcher and all, into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

Psalm 78:47

Every garden and every orchard was flattened with blasts of hailstones, their fruit trees ruined by a killing frost.

Luke 17:6

Jesus responded, “If you have even the smallest measure of faith, it would be powerful enough to say to this large tree, ‘My faith will pull you up by the roots and throw you into the sea,’ and it will respond to your faith and obey you.”

Luke 19:3

He was very eager to see Jesus and kept trying to get a look at him through the massive crowd. Since Zacchaeus was a short man and couldn’t see over the heads of the people,

Luke 19:5

When Jesus got to that place, he looked up into the tree and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry on down, for I must stay at your house today!”