![]() ![]() ![]() The Leviticus passage was the Jewish law on the subject. He will make full restitution for it and add a fifth of its value to it. Lev 6:4-5 - once he has sinned and acknowledged his guilt, he must return what he stole or defrauded, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost item he found, or anything else about which he swore falsely. Any scenario teaches us something important.Įxodus 22:1 - When a man steals an ox or a sheep and butchers it or sells it, he must repay five cattle for the ox or four sheep for the sheep.Ģ Sam 12:6 - Because he has done this thing and shown no pity, he must pay four lambs for that lamb. It's also possible that some of the tax collectors mentioned in Luke 15 worked for Zacchaeus and had told him about Jesus (which reminds us of the importance of telling our friends about Jesus). It could also be that Zacchaeus was living under some kind of conviction about his sinful dealings, and he sought Jesus out much like the sinful woman we read about in Luke 7 (read that passage again and note the parallels - Luke is telling the reader that anybody can repent and come to Jesus). It's possible that Zacchaeus had already heard of Jesus' teachings (he responded very quickly), but that's not necessary. Luke's wording implies that it was simple curiosity. We don't know why Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus. No one would have told him directly because, as we will see, no one cared about him. So, I imagine that Zacchaeus would have been at work in his booth, and he would have heard "word on the street" about Jesus coming through town. It would have been during "work hours" when Jesus arrived in Jericho. By this point, Jesus was quite famous in this region (for raising Lazarus), so people probably dropped what they were doing and came out to see Him. ![]() The blind man wouldn't have been too far outside of Jericho, so when Jesus healed him, the word would have gotten to the city very quickly. That crowd would have grown as more people caught up to them, but it wouldn't have been huge. A crowd from Galilee going to Jerusalem for Passover noticed Jesus on the road through Jericho and joined His entourage (for obvious reasons). ![]()
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