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The Clementine Homilies

Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter 63

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Author: Anonymous Pseudo-Clementine compiler

Chapter LXIII.—Zacchæus Appointed.

“But of those who are present, whom shall I choose

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but

Zacchæus

,

to

whom

also

the

Lord

went

in

and

rested

,

judging

him

worthy

to

be

saved

?

”

And

having

said

this

,

he

laid

his

hand

upon

Zacchæus

,

who

stood

by

,

and

forced

him

to

sit

down

in

his

own

chair

.

But

Zacchæus

,

falling

at

his

feet

,

begged

that

he

would

permit

him

to

decline

the

rulership

;

promising

,

at

the

same

time

,

and

saying

,

“

Whatever

it

behoves

the

ruler

to

do

,

I

will

do

;

only

grant

me

not

to

have

this

name

;

for

I

am

afraid

of

assuming

the

name

of

the

rulership

,

for

it

teems

with

bitter

envy

and

danger

.

”

Notes

1
[Comp. Recognitions, iii. 66. The account here is much fuller.—R.]
2
Luke xix. 5, etc.