Zacchaeus can give him, so he invites himself to Zacchaeus’s home for a meal: “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” We might be tempted to say, “Well! That is rather a presumption, a bit of a cheek, inviting yourself to the home of someone you have never met.” So we need to ask what is happening here. Why is Jesus inviting himself into the home of a complete stranger? Zacchaeus would not, and could not, invite a Jew, and especially a Jewish religious leader, into