Olney Hymns · Character
Zaccheus
The tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus and received salvation.
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Also known as 107 Zaccheus By Newton Luke
First appearance: book i on select texts of scripture
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Climbed the tree to see Jesus, was called down, and received Jesus into his home.
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- Other
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- Divine Judgment and Mercy
- Faith and Redemption Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional peak occurs in stanza V, where the speaker’s hope is violently extinguished as Satan obscures ev…
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See Zaccheus in book i on select texts of scripture