Luke 19:1–10
Salvation comes through Christ’s initiative and results in radical transformation.
1 He entered and was passing through Jericho.
2 There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn’t because of the crowd, because he was short.
4 He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.
5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
6 He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
7 When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.”
8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Salvation comes through Christ’s initiative and results in radical transformation.
To show that Christ sovereignly seeks the lost and brings transforming salvation that restores covenant identity.
Following the healing of the blind man (18:35–43), which highlighted messianic recognition, this narrative illustrates the saving mission of the Son of Man before the triumphal entry (19:28–44).
The Son of Man Seeks the Lost, Receives the Kingly Kingdom, and Weeps over Jerusalem
Jesus arrives at Jerusalem as the saving Son of Man and rightful King who seeks the lost, entrusts servants, receives praise, weeps over blindness, and judges corrupted worship.