So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
OJBAnd having run ahead to the front, he climbed up onto an etz (tree), a sycamore, that he might see Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, because by that derech (way) he was about to pass by.
TCENTSo he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree so that he could see him, because Jesus was about to pass by that way.
T4TSo he ran further ahead along the road that Jesus was walking on. He climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Jesus.