KJV King James Version
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that [way].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 19:4
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that [way].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
WEB World English Bible
He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
ASV American Standard Version
And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that way he was about to pass by.
Surrounding context — Luke 19
1 And [Jesus] entered and passed through Jericho.
2 And, behold, [there was] a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that [way].
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandπροδραμὼνG4390 · protrechōto outrunεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔμπροσθενG1715 · emprosthenbeforeἀνέβηG305 · anabainōto ascendἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstσυκομορέανG4809 · sukomōraiasycamore treeἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toἴδῃG1492 · eidōto perceive: understandαὐτόν,G846 · autosit/s/heὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἐκείνηςG1565 · ekeinosthatἤμελλενG3195 · mellōto ensueδιέρχεσθαι.G1330 · dierchomaito pass through
Cross-references
Isaiah 9:10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change [them into] cedars.Luke 5:19And when they could not find by what [way] they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with [his] couch into the midst before Jesus.1 Chronicles 27:28And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that [were] in the low plains [was] Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil [was] Joash:1 Kings 10:27And the king made silver [to be] in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he [to be] as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale, for abundance.Amos 7:14Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet’s son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:Psalm 78:47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
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