“Zacchæus in the sycamore, the blind man by the way side: upon the one our Lord waits to show mercy, upon the other He confers the great glory of abiding in his house. The chief among the Publicans is here fitly introduced. For who will hereafter despair of himself, now that he attains to grace who gained his living by…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Original
2And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
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1And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
— Luke 19:2 —
3And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
4And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.