He entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.
(Luke 19:1-4 ESV)
Our first reaction to this account is that Zacchaeus must have looked like a silly little man climbing up that tree. But he was being resourceful. He had to be; how else could he have become chief tax collector? He was a well-dressed professional acting like a child, which is what makes him a hero of faith. He is illustrating the child-like faith that Christ just called for in the last chapter. He is not being silly at all; he is being wise and acting in faith.
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