He was trying to see who Yeshua was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.
There were also women watching from afar, amongst whom were both Miriam Magdalene and Miriam the mother of Jacob the less and of Yosi, and Shalom;
Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
Now when Herod saw Yeshua, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.
Therefore, these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Yeshua.”