# General Information:

Verse 3 completes the background information begun in [Luke 19:1-2](../01.md) for the events that follow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# He was trying

"Zacchaeus was trying"

# because he was small in height

"because he was short"

## So he ran

The author has finished giving the background to the event and now begins to describe the event itself. 

# a sycamore tree

"a sycamore fig tree." It produces small round fruit about 2.5 centimeters across. AT: "a fig tree" or "a tree"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]