Lk. 19:1 Then Yeshua entered and passed through Jericho.
Lk. 19:2 Now behold, there was a man named Zaccheaus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
Lk. 19:3 And he sought to see who Yeshua was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature.
Lk. 19:4 So he ran ahead and climbed into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way.
Lk. 19:5 And when Yeshua came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
Lk. 19:6 So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.
Lk. 19:7 But when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”
Lk. 19:8 Then Zaccheaus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”
The Bible says, “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.”
Sources: Exodue 22:1
Lk. 19:9 And Yeshua said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.”
Note also that Yeshua specifically states that Zaccheaus is a son of Abraham, which means that he was already a part of the family of God, but that he had strayed. And Yeshua came in order to bring him back into the fold, i.e., His Kingdom., that he might be a reflection of the power of God in action. “Son of Abraham” is a common designation found in M:Baba Metzia 8:1; M:Avoth 5:19; BT:Baba Kamma 32b; and Bereshith Rabba 53:12.
Sources: M:Baba Metzia 8:1; M:Avoth 5:19; BT:Baba Kamma 32b; Bereshith Rabba 53:12
Lk. 19:10 “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
What did Yeshua mean by this last verse and who He was saying He was? “For thus says the Lord God: ‘Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them our from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. Then they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture in the mountains of Israel. I will fed My flock, and I will make them lie down.’ says the Lord.” “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”
Source: Ezekiel 34:11-16
Lk. 19:11 Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the Kingdom of God would appear immediately.
Lk. 19:12 Therefore He said, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.”
Lk. 19:13 “So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’”
A mina was equal to about four months wages for an average worker
Lk. 19:14 “But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man reign over us.’”
Lk. 19:15 “And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.’”
Lk. 19:16 “Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’”
Lk. 19:17 “And he said to him, ‘Well don, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’”
Lk. 19:18 “And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’”
Lk. 19:19 “Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’”
Lk. 19:20 “And another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief.’”
Lk. 19:21 “For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow..’”
Lk. 19:22 “And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.’”
Lk. 19:23 “Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’”
Lk. 19:24 “And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’”
Lk. 19:25 (“But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’)”
Lk. 19:26 “For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.’”
Lk. 19:27 “But bring here those enemies of mine, who do not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.”
Lk. 19:28 When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Segment No. 128A
“Yeshua Arrives at Bethany”
John 11:55 - 12:1, 9-11
Jn. 11:55 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Sources: Exodus 23:14-17; 34:23; Deut. 16:16
This is the fourth Passover mentioned in he ministry of Yeshua. So by the fourth Passover mentioned, and the fact that His ministry began sometime before the mention of the first Passover, from that we can surmise that His ministry lasted approximately three and one half years.
Jn. 11:56 Then they sought Yeshua and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think - that He will not come to the feast?”
Jn. 11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.
Jn. 12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Yeshua came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom He had raised from the dead.
Jn. 12:9 Then a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Yeshua’s sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
On another occasion, a week before the crucifixion, Mary anointed Yeshua’s feet in the home of Simon the Leper in Bethany (Mt. 26:6-13; Mk. 14:3-9; Jn. 12:2-11). When it became known that Yeshua was in Bethany, a great multitude came to the village, not only to see Yeshua who raised Lazarus, but also to see Lazarus himself who was, no doubt, the object of much speculation and wonder! This flow of people to Bethany, and the increasing numbers of them who, as a result of this Messianic Miracle, believed in Yeshua, incensed the religious leaders in Jerusalem. So violent was their reaction that they “took counsel that they might put Lazarus to death also” (John 12:9-11). It was the proximity of Bethany to Jerusalem that accentuated this climaxing confrontation between the Sanhedrin and Yeshua.
Jn. 12:10 But the chief priests took counsel that they might also put Lazarus to death.
Jn. 12:11 Because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Yeshua.
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