Early Church

Zaccheus Converted and Parable of the Pounds

Zaccheus Converted and Parable of the Pounds is dated AD 30. It is told in Luke 19:1–28. Jesus Christ, Zacchaeus are part of it.

Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.

Luke 19:1 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 30
Traditional reckoning
AD 30

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Jericho.

Which verses connect to Luke 19:1?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. And the LORD said to Joshua, “Behold, I have delivered Jericho into your hand, along with its king and its mighty men of valor. …

  2. Luke 18:356 votes

    As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

  3. Joshua 2:13 votes

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

  4. In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.

  5. When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?” Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.” …

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.