Jesus and Zacchaeus
Luke 19:4
In 9 translations
- BSB
- So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.
- KJV
- And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
- WEB
- He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
- ASV
- And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
- LSV
- and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see Him, because through that [way] He was about to pass by.
- YLT
- and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that [way] he was about to pass by.
- DBY
- And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].
- DRC
- And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might see him; for he was to pass that way.
- GNV
- Wherefore he ranne before, and climed vp into a wilde figge tree, that he might see him: for he should come that way.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include εἰς τὸ (“to the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- Spelling of συκομορέαν: Textus Receptus: συκομωραίαν.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include δι᾽ (“through”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: εἰς τὸ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἰς τὸ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ προδραμὼν εἰς τὸ ἔμπροσθεν ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομορέαν ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν, ὅτι ἐκείνης ἤμελλεν διέρχεσθαι.
- RP2018
- Καὶ προδραμὼν ἔμπροσθεν ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομωραίαν ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν· ὅτι ἐκείνης ἔμελλεν διέρχεσθαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ προδραμὼν ἔμπροσθεν ἀνέβη ἐπὶ συκομωραίαν ἵνα ἴδῃ αὐτόν· ὅτι δι᾿ ἐκείνης ἤμελλε διέρχεσθαι.συκομωραίαν ¦ συκομορέαν ELZ
- SCR1894
- και προδραμων εμπροσθεν ανεβη επι συκομωραιαν ινα ιδη αυτον οτι δι εκεινης ημελλεν διερχεσθαι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 5:19but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.
- Isaiah 9:10“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
- 1 Chronicles 27:28Baal-hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the foothills. Joash was in charge of the stores of olive oil.
- 1 Kings 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
- Amos 7:14“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
- Psalms 78:47He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
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