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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Zacchaeus

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Zacchaeus (sometimes spelled Zaccheus; Ancient Greek: Ζακχαῖος, Zakchaîos; Arabic: زَكَّا, romanized: Zakka; Hebrew: זכי, romanized: Zakkay, "pure, innocent") was a chief tax-collector at Jericho in the Bible. He is known primarily for his faith in climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus and also his generosity in giving away half of all he possessed.A descendant of Abraham, he was an example of Jesus's personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost. Tax collectors were despised as traitors (working for the Roman Empire, not for their Jewish community), and as being corrupt. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zacchaeus has received more than 1,368,006 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Zacchaeus is the 270th most popular religious figure (up from 1,065th in 2019), the most popular biography from Palestine (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Religious Figure.

Zacchaeus is most famous for being a tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus.

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  • 1.4M

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  • 71.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zacchaeus ranks 270 out of 2,238Before him are Belshazzar, Pope John XII, Pope Paschal I, Philip Melanchthon, Pope Benedict IX, and Pope John XIX. After him are Pope Gregory IV, Pope Urban IV, Sathya Sai Baba, Pope Sixtus I, Saint Pantaleon, and Pope Celestine I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50, Zacchaeus ranks 4Before him are Judas Iscariot, Epictetus, and Juvenal. After him are Apollodorus of Damascus, Simon bar Kokhba, Salome, Simon Magus, Rabbi Akiva, Charaka, Osroes I, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Among people deceased in 100, Zacchaeus ranks 12Before him are Josephus, Saint Anne, Elizabeth, Salome, Zechariah, and John the Evangelist. After him are Caiaphas, Longinus, Barabbas, Dionysius the Areopagite, Herodias, and Thecla.

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In Palestine

Among people born in Palestine, Zacchaeus ranks 1 out of 5After him are Jehoshaphat (-908), Herod Archelaus (-23), Pekahiah (-800), and Randa Siniora (1961).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Palestine

Among religious figures born in Palestine, Zacchaeus ranks 1After him are Jehoshaphat (-908).