Zacchaeus was trying to see who Yeshua was, but he couldn’t because of the crowd, for he was short in height.
Now Herod was overjoyed when he saw Yeshua, for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see some miracle done by Him.
These came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in the Galilee. “Sir,” they said, “we want to see Yeshua.”
“And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
There were also women watching from a distance. Among them were Miriam from Magdala, Miriam the mother of Jacob the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
And here was a man by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Yeshua, for He was about to pass through that way.