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Luk 19:4. Προδραμὼν, having run on before) with great eagerness.-ἀνέβη, he climbed up) External etiquette and manners would not allow a man of rank to climb up into a tree; but faith conquers every other consideration.-συκομορέαν, a sycamore) The sycamore, a tree of a nature standing midway between a fig-tree and a mulberry tree; a tree which grows to a great height. Comp. ch. Luk 17:6, note.-ἐκείνης) viz. ὁδοῦ, χώρας. There is an ellipsis of διὰ, as in ch. Luk 5:19, where see the note. Some have supplied the διά.[205]
[205] Rec. Text has δἰ ἐκείνης: a has “per illa parte.” But ABQ have ἐκείνης only; bc “illâ parte:” Vulg. and d, ‘inde.’-E. and T.