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John Gill
And Zacchaeus stood,.... Before Christ, in respect to him, and reverence of him; and in the presence of others, to make a public confession before them, and that they might all hear it, when come to his own house: and said unto the Lord; that is, to "Jesus", as the Syriac and Persic versions, and some copies read; he addressed himself to Christ, and made his confession to him, as the Israelite,...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. The conversion of Zaccheus the publican at Jericho, ver. 1-10. II. The parable of the pounds which the king entrusted with his servants, and of his rebellious citizens, ver. 11-27. III. Christ's riding in triumph (such triumph as it was) into Jerusalem; and his lamentation in prospect of the ruin of that city, ver. 28-44. IV. His teaching in the temple, and casting the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood,— And he did not talk at all like a sinner,— Luk_19:8. And said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor;— Some of those saints, as they reckoned themselves, had not done anything like as much as that: “The half of my goods I give to the poor;”— Luk_19:8. And if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. Which...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor;— “Henceforth, one half of my income shall go in almsgiving; “— Luk_19:8. And if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. “I will not give to the poor or to God that which is not lawfully mine. I will not steal a sheep, and give the feet to the poor; but I...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; That was a grand proof that the conversion of Zacchaeus was genuine; I should like to see the same kind of proof in many professors whom I know: “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor.” I remember one who was converted in this place, and he at once gave £50 to some good object, and...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; There was not one among those self-righteous people who would have done a tenth as much as Zacchaeus declared that he would do. Luk_19:8. And if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. There was not one among the murmurers who would have dared to say as much...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of...