 They'd never met, like a certain lumberjack and me. But although Zacchaeus didn't know Jesus, Jesus knew Zacchaeus, and he knows you. Jesus has been lovingly pursuing a relationship with you for a long time. 1 John 4.19 in the Bible says, We love him because he first loved us. He knows a lot more than your name. He knows your pain, your dreams. He knows your past. He knows all the details of your life.