1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Luke 19:9 Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house: because he also is a son of Abraham.

Zacheus is here styled a son of Abraham; that is his spiritual son, a partaker of the promises made to Abraham concerning the Messias: not that he was actually born of his seed, but because he imitated his faith; and as Abraham at the voice of God, left the land and house of his father; so Zacheus renounced his goods and possessions, by giving them to the poor. (Ven. Bede)