In this article, I suggest that the tree that Zacchaeus climbed was actually a type of fig tree, the sycamore-fig. If this is so, then the Zacchaeus narrative in these verses may have a place in the wider typology of fig trees found throughout Scripture, and I try to explore several of these possible connections. I also attempt a structural analysis of the passage.

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