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Luke 19:2

Luke 19:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the chief: Αρχιτελωνης: strong:G754, rather, "a chief publican," or tax gatherer. Probably Zacchaeus, who appears from his name to have been a Jew, farmed the revenue of the district around Jericho, having others under him, who either rented of him smaller portions, or were employed as servants to collect the taxes.

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