Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

L ENT : T HE L OWL I N E S S OF C H R I S T • 185

Theme

Christ came to seek and save the lost.

Setting

• A road through Jericho • Zacchaeus’s house

• Zacchaeus • Jesus • A crowd of people

Major Characters

Plot

Introduction and Rising Action 1. Jesus is passing through Jericho.

2. Zacchaeus is a rich tax collector who is desperate to see Jesus. 3. He is a short man, so he climbs a sycamore tree to see Jesus over the large crowd.

Climax 4. Jesus stops and looks up at Zacchaeus. He tells Zacchaeus to come down from the tree so they can go to his house. 5. Many in the crowd grumble about this because Zacchaeus is a sinner. 6. Zacchaeus announces that he will give half his possessions to the poor and restore four-fold anything he has stolen. Falling Action and Resolution 7. Jesus proclaims that salvation has come to Zacchaeus’s house this day. 8. He says that seeking and saving the lost sinners like Zacchaeus is the reason he has come.