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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 19:2

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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19:2 The chief tax collector for a particular region leased from the Romans the right to collect taxes, and then oversaw subordinate tax collectors from whom he collected a commission. This situation allowed Zacchaeus to get very rich, and chief tax collectors were hated even more than their subordinates (see study note on 3:12).
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