Luke 19:2

Overview - Luke 19
1	Of Zacchaeus a publican.
11	The ten pieces of money.
28	Christ rides into Jerusalem with triumph;
41	weeps over it;
45	drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple;
47	teaching daily in it. The rulers seek to destroy him, but fear the people.

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Luke 19:2 (King James Version)
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

the chief: [Architelones ,] rather, "a chief publican," or tax gatherer. Probably Zacchaeus, who appears from his name to have been a Jew, farmed the revenue of the district around Jericho, having others under him, who either rented of him smaller portions, or were employed as servants to collect the taxes.
and he: 18:24-27 2 Chronicles 17:5 2 Chronicles 17:6