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Luke 19:4

King James Version (KJV)

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

Translations

Luke 19:4 - Amplified Bible

So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass that way.

Luke 19:4 - American Standard Version

And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

Luke 19:4 - Bible in Basic English

And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

Luke 19:4 - Darby Bible

And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].

Luke 19:4 - English Standard Version

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.

Luke 19:4 - King James Version

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

Luke 19:4 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y corriendo delante, se subiò a un sicòmoro para verle, porque Jesùs estaba a punto de pasar por allì.

Luke 19:4 - The Message

Luke 19:4 - New American Standard Bible

So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.

Luke 19:4 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Corriendo delante, se subiò a un árbol sicòmoro y asì Lo podrìa ver, porque Jesùs estaba a punto de pasar por allì.

Luke 19:4 - World English Bible

He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.

Luke 19:4 - Young's Living Translation

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.

Luke 19:4 - Additional Comments

The sycamore tree was a tree of poor people - its fruit was commonly eaten by the poor.
Zacchaeus was creative. He had an obstacle (his height), and he found a way around it.

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