![]() Just Like Zacchaeus, We Are Also Sinful and Greedy Yet there is so much to learn about him beyond the fact that he was a short guy who hung out in trees, and Zacchaeus is someone that we adults can relate to as well. The story of Zacchaeus climbing a tree is fun to share with young children especially because they are also ‘wee little’ people. Most of us who grew up in church know this little song, and any mention of Zacchaeus starts it playing in our brains. When Jesus arrived, he noticed Zacchaeus in the tree and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today." This made Zacchaeus very joyful but the crowd "grumbled," or murmured in a complaint that Jesus "has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." Since Zacchaeus was "short in stature," he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed up into a sycamore tree to have a better view of Jesus. Zacchaeus was a tax collector of the city Jericho and learned that Jesus the prophet was passing through the city. Who was Zacchaeus? His Story from the Bible He climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see…” ![]() “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, and a wee little man was he. ![]()
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