<p>19:7 <i>And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying: He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner</i>- Presumably Zacchaeus had been disobedient to the teaching of John the Baptist to &ldquo;Exact no more than is appointed&quot;. Here was a totally secular person, uninfluenced by John's preparatory work, simply coming to the Lord because he sensed the truth in Him. &quot;Lodge&quot; suggests He spent the night there (s.w. LXX Gen. 24:23). Again we notice the guilt by association mentality of the people. Who you stayed with and ate with was seen as a religious act; and the Lord was doing this without any statement of repentance from Zacchaeus. It was by offering this kind of open, outgoing fellowship that the Lord sought and found Zacchaeus; and the repentance was elicited from that radical acceptance. This was in marked contrast to the attitude that such signs of fellowship should only be granted once a person had cleared certain bars and demonstrated their spiritual level.</p>