Luke 19:2

2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

Ver. 2. And behold ] This "behold" one compareth to a hand in the margin of a book, pointing to some notable matter. Another, to me sounding of a trumpet before some proclamation.

There was a man named Zacchaeus ] He should by his name have been a puritan (in the best sense), but, he was an arch-publican, a public sinner, not simple, but subtle, a griping extortioner, a rich but wretched sycophant. a

a An informer, tale-bearer, malicious accuser; a calumniator, traducer, slanderer. Obs. ŒD