# Connecting Statement:
This is the end of the part of the story about Zacchaeus. This verse tells us what Jesus did after this part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-endofstory]])
# When he had said these things
"When Jesus had said these things"
# going up to Jerusalem
Jerusalem was higher than Jericho, so it was normal for Israelites to speak of going up to Jerusalem.