Musing – Who’s the Shortest Man in the Bible?

 Hebraic Musing – Who’s the Shortest Man in the Bible?

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Even the children will say it was Zacchaeus, based on Luke’s account:
Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.  A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.  He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd.  So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today. Luke 19:1-5 NIV  
My children came home from church singing this song:
♫ Zaccheus was a wee, little man, And a wee, little man was he.
He climbed up in a sycamore tree,  For the Lord he wanted to see.
And as the Savior came that way,  He looked up in the tree,
Spoken: And he said, "Zaccheus, you come down from there,"
For I'm going to your house today.  For I'm going to your house today. ♫

It is about time that an Hebraic Musing became Amusing, so...

There was a shorter man in the Bible; he wrote a whole Old Testament book.  His name was Nehemiah.
  AKA - Knee-High Miah.

But there was yet another man who was even shorter.  Ever hear of this man in Job 8:1-2? 
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: ‘How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.
  AKA - Bildad the Shoe-Height.

Believe it or not, there was a man in Matthew 26:36-41 who was even shorter than Bildad!
Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”  He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.  Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”  Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”   Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Obviously, the shortest man in the Bible was Peter, because he slept on his watch!

Points to Ponder

Now I know why my children enjoyed going to Sunday School!!!

Can “messages” and “groaners” like this wake up a Sunday School class?

Seriously though, don’t sleep on your watch.

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                                    August 22, 2023
Author: “Hebraic Insights – Messages exploring the Hebrew roots of our faith”
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