en_tn_condensed/luk/19/02.md

Behold, there was a man there

The word "behold" alerts us to a new person in the story. Your language may have a way of doing this. Alternate translation: "There was a man who was" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-participants)

He was a chief tax collector and was rich

This is background information about Zacchaeus. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)