Luke 19

Luke 19

Luke 6:4-16 on Papyrus 4, written about AD 150-175.
Book Gospel of Luke
Bible part New Testament
Order in the Bible part 3
Category Gospel

Luke 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the teachings and a miracle of Jesus Christ.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this Gospel as well as Acts.[2]

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Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’ House

Painting showing Jesus holds up his hand to call Zacchaeus down from the tree while a crowd watches
Zacchaeus by Niels Larsen Stevns. Jesus calls Zacchaeus down from his height in the tree.
Photo of the actual Sycamore fig tree in Jericho today.
Zacchaeus' sycamore fig in Jericho
Main article: Zacchaeus

Zacchaeus (Greek: Ζακχαῖος, Zakchaios; Hebrew: זכי, "pure", "innocent"[3]) was a chief tax-collector at Jericho, mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke.[4] A descendent of Abraham, he was a poster child for Jesus' personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost.[5] Tax collectors were despised as traitors (working for the Roman Empire, not for their Jewish community), and as being corrupt.

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References

  1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
  3. Milligan, Jim. "Lexicon :: Strong's G2195 - Zakchaios". Blue Letter Bible. Sowing Circle.
  4. Luke 19:1-10
  5. Warfield, Benjamin Breckinridge. "Jesus' Mission, According to His Own Testimony". Monergism. CPR Foundation.

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Preceded by
Luke 18
Chapters of the Bible
Gospel of Luke
Succeeded by
Luke 20