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    Zaccheus

    zak-EE-us

    Meaning

    Pure; Innocent; Righteous

    Hebrew/Greek origin · Boy · First in Luke

    What it points to

    Zaccheus climbed toward salvation — the sycamore seeker, transformed by encounter, the impure made pure by Jesus who stopped beneath the tree.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.”

    Luke 19:9

    “And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.”

    Luke 19:4

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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