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Read in contextAnd he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
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And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that `way' he was about to pass by.
So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.