Bible dictionary for children
Fig tree
A fig tree produces fruit and can provide shade.
In simple words
What does it mean?
A fig tree produces fruit and can provide shade. Bible accounts mention several kinds of trees, including the sycamore fig.
Zacchaeus climbs a sycamore tree to see Jesus in Luke 19. Knowing the tree has branches he can climb helps us picture the account.
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Why did Zacchaeus want a higher place to stand?
An example from the Bible
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Jesus Meets Zacchaeus
Luke 19:1–10
As Jesus passed through Jericho, he stopped for a man in a tree and brought salvation to his house.
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Related reading: Luke 19:4
He ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was going to pass that way.Full readings at eBible.org · World English Bible Classic. Read with an adult.
