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General Information:
Verse 3 completes the background information begun in Luke 19:1-2 for the events that follow. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background)
He was trying
"Zacchaeus was trying"
because he was small in height
"because he was short"
So he ran
The author has finished giving the background to the event and now begins to describe the event itself.
a sycamore tree
"a sycamore fig tree." It produces small round fruit about 2.5 centimeters across. AT: "a fig tree" or "a tree"