Who is the shortest man in the Bible?<\/p>\n\t
There are all sorts of jokes based on this question, but I will assume you are looking for a more serious answer.<\/p>\n
We actually don’t know since height isn’t always mentioned. We know that Zacchaeus was short: “Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature<\/em>” (Luke 19:2-3). But this only tells us that he was shorter than average, which is why he could not see over the crowd gathering around Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Who is the shortest man in the Bible? Answer: There are all sorts of jokes based on this question, but I will assume you are looking for a more serious answer. We actually don’t know since height isn’t always mentioned. We know that Zacchaeus was short: “Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[1218],"class_list":["post-23865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-zacchaeus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67673,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-was-zacchaeus-family-saved-with-zacchaeus\/","url_meta":{"origin":23865,"position":0},"title":"How was Zacchaeus’ family saved with Zacchaeus?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Dear Brother Hamilton, What does Luke19:1-10 mean when it says Zacchaeus' whole household was saved when he (Zacchaeus) was saved? 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