Zach was a lonely guy When he walked down the city streets he could feel the hostile glares But then his life took a turn Clement of Alexandria one of the church fathers says that Zach became a very prominent Christian leader and a pastor of the church in Caesarea Yes we rsquo re talking about Zacchaeus the chief tax collector who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus Luke ndash What prompted him to climb the tree Tax collectors were perceived as traitors because they heavily taxed their own people to serve the Roman Empire Yet Jesus had a
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