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