This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Zacchaeus in a sycamore-fig tree awaiting Jesus’ arrival. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) Zacchaeus was a very short man who became ...
Find today’s readings here. “At that time Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was ...
“Zacchaeus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he; he climbed up in a sycamore tree, for the Lord he wanted to see; And as the Savior passed that way, he looked up in that tree; and he said, ...
“He has come to stay at the house of a sinner” (Luke 19:5). Luke’s Gospel is always rich in details, and each one holds fresh insights into how to respond to Jesus in our lives. First, Jesus is just ...