Luke 19:5

And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up ¹  and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, ²  because I must ³  stay at your house today.” ⁴ 

Ge 18:3-5; Ge 19:1-3; Ps 101:2,3; Ps 139:1-3; Ec 9:10; Eze 16:6; Lu 19:10; Joh 1:48; Joh 4:7-10; Joh 14:23; 2Co 6:1; Eph 3:17; Heb 13:2; Re 3:20

¹ tc Most mss (A [D] W [Ψ] ˹³ 33^vid Ï latt) read “Jesus looking up, saw him and said.” The words “saw him and” are not in א B L T Θ Ë¹ 579 1241 2542 pc co. Both the testimony for the omission and the natural tendency toward scribal expansion argue for the shorter reading here.

² tn Grk “hastening, come down.” σπεύσας (speusa") has been translated as a participle of manner.

³ sn I must stay. Jesus revealed the necessity of his associating with people like Zacchaeus (5:31-32). This act of fellowship indicated acceptance.

⁴ sn On today here and in v. 9, see the note on today in 2:11.