 but when we read verses three and four we discover that he was a seeker notice what it says in spite of the fact that he was a sinner he sought to see who jesus was but he could not because of the crowd for he was of short stature and he ran ahead and climbed up into the sycamore tree to see him for he was going to pass that way now i submit to you that verses that we've just read don't seem to go with the kind of person we just talked about