on the Zacchaeus episode: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” Luke is the only synoptic evangelist to use the noun “salvation” (sōtēria four times [1:69, 71, 77; 19:9]; sōtērion twice [2:30; 3:6]) and “savior” (sōtēr [1:47; 2:11]), and he uses the verb “save” (sōdzō) more than any other book in the New Testament (although this is mainly because of Luke’s greater length). Salvation is the thematic center of Luke’s gospel.61 It will be noted from the references cited above