{Ran on before} (prodram(936e) eis to emprosthen). Second
aorist active participle of protrech(935c) (defective verb).
"Before" occurs twice (pro- and eis to emprosthen). {Into a
sycamore tree} (epi sukomorean). From sukon, fig, and
moron, mulberry. The fig-mulberry and quite a different tree
from the sycamine tree in  17:6 , which see. It bore a poor fruit
which poor people ate ( Am 7:14 ). It was a wide open tree with
low branches so that Zacchaeus could easily climb into it. {That
way} (ekein(8873)). Feminine for hodos (way) is understood.
Genitive case with di in composition (dierchesthai) or as an
adverbial use.