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The son of Nathan, 'priest' and ' king's friend ' (see art. Pkiksts and Levites, p. 73), 1 K 4" {B Za§oi0, A Za^^oiiS, Luc. Zoxoi'p. '•"• ^^i)- ZACCAI See Zabbai. ZACCH^US (Zokxoios), the same name as Zaccai ('pure') in the OT (Ezr 2', Neh 7''').— 1. The pub- lican. All that we know of him from the Bible ia to be found in Lk 19'"'".

He was a Jew,* and a chief official amongst the publicans in and about Jericho, where a considerable amount of revenue was raised from the palm-groves and balsam (Joseph. Ant. XV. iv. 2). Zaccha-us had therefore great opportunities for growing rich. He was a man of short stature. Anxious to see Jesus, he climbed up into a sjcomore tree t to be above the tlirong that surrounded our Lord. On coming to the place, Jesus called to him to come down, and invited Himself to his house.

This delighted Zacchjeus, though the bystanders murmured at the choice of lodging which our Lord had made. He declared his anxiety to be liberal to the poor, and to make fourfold restitution to any whom lie had wronged. His wish to tlo right won from Christ the declaration : ' To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.' In the Clementine Iloniilies {n'l.

63), Zaccha'us, after being companion of St. Peter, is made by him bishop of Cies.area. By ' Pra-desti- natus ' he is said to have combated the errors of Valentinus and Ptoleniieus (a disciple of Valen- tinus),t though this is chronologically impossible. There is no early authority for making Zacch^us a bishop at all. A Zacchieus is mentioned bj' the Talmud as living at Jericlio, the father of the celebrated Rabbi Jochanan ben-Zachai. 3. An officer of Judas Maccaba^us, 2 Mac 10". H. A. Redpath.