He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
- BSB So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.
- NKJV So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.
- NASB And he hurried and came down, and received Him joyfully.
- NLT Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.
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Quick answer
Zacchaeus comes down at once and welcomes Jesus joyfully. Genuine response to grace is prompt and glad.
Overview
The contrast between Zacchaeus's haste and joy here and the grumbling crowd that follows highlights the difference between a heart opened by grace and hearts hardened by self-righteousness. His joyful reception is the fitting answer to Christ's gracious call. True faith receives Jesus not grudgingly but with delight.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Luke 5:29Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
- Acts 16:34He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
- Isa 64:5You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?
- Acts 16:15When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay.” So she persuaded us.
- Luke 2:16They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
- Acts 2:41Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
- Ps 119:59–60I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
- Gal 1:15–16But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,
- Gen 18:6–7Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
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