[Comp. Recognitions, iii. 66. The account here is much fuller.—R.]
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Chapter LXIII.—Zacchæus Appointed.; original source section: Chapter 63
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English translation and editorial credits: Thomas Smith (original Homilies books I-V credit; record allocation unreviewed), Peter Peterson (original Homilies books VI-XII credit; record allocation unreviewed), James Donaldson (original Homilies books XIII-XX credit; record allocation unreviewed), Alexander Roberts (Edinburgh series editor), James Donaldson (Edinburgh series editor), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (American revision with prefaces and notes), Matthew Brown Riddle (American volume collaborator; individual note authorship unspecified).
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“But of those who are present, whom shall I choose but Zacchæus, to whom also the Lord went in and rested, judging him worthy to be saved?” And having said this, he laid his hand upon Zacchæus, who stood by, and forced him to sit down in his own chair. But Zacchæus, falling at his feet, begged that he would permit him to decline the rulership; promising, at the same time, and saying, “Whatever it behoves the ruler to do, I will do; only grant me not to have this name; for I am afraid of assuming the name of the rulership, for it teems with bitter envy and danger.”