Luke Chapter 19 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 19:9

And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
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BBE Luke 19:9

And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, for even he is a son of Abraham.
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DARBY Luke 19:9

And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
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KJV Luke 19:9

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
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WBT Luke 19:9


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WEB Luke 19:9

Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
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YLT Luke 19:9

And Jesus said unto him -- `To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house. This solemn announcement on the part of the Redeemer was something more than a mere comforting assurance to a man who, in spite of difficulties and temptations, had striven manfully to lead a brave and generous life, helping, it is clear, the very multitude who were so ready to revile him. It is an assurance to the world that men might work in any profession or calling, and at the same time live a life pleasing to God. It repeats with intense emphasis - and this is the great lesson of this striking scene - that it is never the work or the position in life which ennobles the man in the sight of God, but only the way in which the work is done, and the position used, which are of price in his pure eyes. The hated publican at the receipt of custom - the servant of Rome, might so live as to win the smile of God, as well as the priest in the sanctuary, or the rabbi in his theological school. He also is a son of Abraham. That is to say, a spiritual son - a son in the highest and most real sense. Zacchaeus was a faithful follower of Abraham, in his life and in his faith.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) This day is salvation come to this house.--The Greek tense, This day came there salvation to this house, has a force which it is not easy to express in English, implying that the salvation was already looked back upon as completed in the past. In one sense salvation had come in the personal presence of the Saviour, but we must remember all that the word implied--deliverance, not from the penalty only, but from the habit and the power of sin. This had come, and the words and acts of Zacchaeus showed the fruits. And it comes to him because "he also is a child of Abraham." The Abraham character was in him, as that of the true Israel was in Nicodemus (John 1:47). A son of Abraham, like him in his noble generosity (comp. Genesis 13:9; Genesis 14:23), was found where, to the common observer, it would have seemed as hopeless to look for one as among the stones of the Jordan valley (Matthew 3:9).