Luke 19:7

When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”

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WEBBE

When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”

BSB

And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”

KJV

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

ASV

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.

BBE

And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἰδόντες idontes having seen [it] G1492 πάντες pantes all G3956 διεγόγγυζον diegonguzon were grumbling G1234 λέγοντες legontes saying G3004 ὅτι hoti that G3754 παρὰ para With G3844 ἁμαρτωλῷ hamartōlō a sinful G268 ἀνδρὶ andri man G435 εἰσῆλθεν eisēlthen He has entered G1525 καταλῦσαι.¶ katalusai to stay G2647

The early church

(Hom. de caec. et Zacc.) But those who deal with biting words and reproaches, try to cast a slur upon the things which were done by Him; for it follows, And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. But He, though accused of being a wine-bibber and a friend of publicans, regarded it not, so long as He could accomplish His end. As a physician sometimes can not save his patients from their diseases without the defilement of blood.

Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–10

Those who sincerely desire a sight of Christ, like Zaccheus, will break through opposition, and take pains to see him. Christ invited himself to Zaccheus' house. Wherever Christ comes he opens the heart, and inclines it to receive him. He that has a mind to know Christ, shall be known of him. Those whom Christ calls, must humble themselves, and come down. We may well receive him joyfully, who brings all good with him. Zaccheus gave proofs publicly that he was become a true convert. He does not look to be justified by his works, as the Pharisee; but by his good works he will, through the grace of God, show the sincerity of his faith and repentance. Zaccheus is declared to be a happy man, now he is turned from sin to God. Now that he is saved from his sins, from the guilt of them, from the power of them, all the benefits of salvation are his. Christ is come to his house, and where Christ comes he brings salvation with him. He came into this lost world to seek and to save it. His design was to save, when there was no salvation in any other. He seeks those that sought him not, and asked not for him.

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