{Stood} (statheis). Apparently Jesus and Zacchaeus had
come to the house of Zacchaeus and were about to enter when the
murmur became such a roar that Zacchaeus turned round and faced
the crowd. {If I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man} (ei
tinos ti esukophant(8873)a). A most significant admission and
confession. It is a condition of the first class (ei and the
aorist active indicative) that assumes it to be true. His own
conscience was at work. He may have heard audible murmurs from
the crowd. For the verb sukophantein, see discussion on 氨:14|,
the only two instances in the N.T. He had extorted money
wrongfully as they all knew. {I return fourfold} (apodid(936d)i
tetraploun). I offer to do it here and now on this spot. This
was the Mosaic law ( Ex 22:1  Nu 5:6f. ). Restitution is good
proof of a change of heart. D. L. Moody used to preach it with
great power. Without this the offer of Zacchaeus to give half his
goods to the poor would be less effective. "It is an odd
coincidence, nothing more, that the fig-mulberry (sycamore)
should occur in connexion with the _fig_-shewer (sycophant)."