And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
Parallel translations
- WEB He hurried, 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 5:29And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
- Acts 16:34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
- Isa 64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
- Acts 16:15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
- Luke 2:16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- Acts 2:41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
- Ps 119:59–60I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
- Gal 1:15–16But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
- Gen 18:6–7And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
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