# General Information:

Verses 1-2 begin to give background information for the events that follow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# Behold, there was a man there

The word "behold" alerts us to a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this. AT: "There was a man who was" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])

# He was a chief tax collector and was rich

This is background information about Zacchaeus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jericho]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/zacchaeus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/chief]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/taxcollector]]